United States v. Katz

MURPHY, District Judge.

Defendant, Mendel Katz, found guilty by verdict of a jury of violation of the Second War Powers Act of March 1942, 56 Stat. 177, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 633, 1 involving counterfeit sugar ration stamps and ration checks, 2 moves for a new trial assigning as error the alleged insufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, and certain alleged irregularities in the conduct of the trial which he asserts amounted to prejudicial error. 3 We find no merit in defendant’s reasons. The verdict of the jury must therefore be sustained.

First as to the alleged insufficiency of…