Nash v. United States

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The guilt of the defendants is so plain that only some serious blunder in the conduct of the trial should result in a reversal. Today, under section 391 of title 28 of the U. S. Code (Jud. Code, § 269, 28 USCA § 391), we no longer assume that all errors are prejudicial, but regard the whole record with an eye to the substantial correctness of the result. Haywood v. U. S., 268 F. 795 (C. C. A. 6); Simpson v. U. S., 289 F. 188 (C. C. A. 9); Shuman v. U. S., 16 F.(2d) 457 (C. C. A. 5); Rice v. U. S., 35 F.(2d) 689, 694 (CC. A. 2). The most plausible complaint here is as to…