Legal Opinion
Burton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1949No. 12377PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The indictment charged a conspiracy under Section 37 of the former Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 88, among the defendants William T. Burton, Joe T. Cawthorn, Marcel F. LaBranche, and James A. Noe, and three others not indicted, Edwin H. Oliveira, Barnard R. Hughes and John Joseph Astorias. Oliveira and Astorias were principal witnesses for the prosecution, but Hughes, though subpoenaed by both sides, was ill and did not testify. Noe was acquitted. Burton, Cawthorn and LaBranche were convicted and each sentenced to be imprisoned for two years and to pay a fine of $10,000;…
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