United States v. Parnell

BRATTON, District Judge.

Appellants take these appeals from criminal convictions for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of falsely made and forged securities (cashier’s checks), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and conspiracy to commit the substantive offenses, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.

Evidence presented at trial established that between April 1 and July 1, 1975, appellants and others engaged in a scheme to purchase grain from granaries in Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado and Kansas, using as payment falsely made and forged cashier’s checks…