Davis v. United States

328 U.S. 582

66 S.Ct. 1256

90 L.Ed. 1453

DAVIS

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 404.

Argued Feb. 5, 1946.

Decided June 10, 1946.

Rehearing Denied Oct. 21, 1946.

See 67 S.Ct. 107.

Mr. Irving Spieler, of New York City (Messrs. Samuel Mezansky and Moses Polakoff, both of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Mr. John J. Cooney, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

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Petitioner was convicted under an information charging him with unlawfully having in his possession on June 20, 1944, 168 gasoline ration coupons, representing 504 gallons of gasoline.1 The judgment of conviction was sustained by the Circuit Court of…