Hood v. United States

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying motion to vacate and set aside sentences and judgments against appellants which sentenced them to twenty-five years imprisonment. The motion is based upon substantially the following grounds: (1) That the robbery charged in the indictment was in reality a store robbery and not a mail robbery, and that personal funds were taken and not government property nor mail matter, and that the penalty for such offense is not more than three years; (2) that the sentences are excessive and that the most that could properly have been imposed…