Legal Opinion

United States v. Charles Pile and Wilbur Eugene Higgins

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 28, 1958No. 12260_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTINGS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Charles Pile and Wilbur Eugene Higgins, were tried and convicted on a charge of having in their possession fifty-six cases of alcoholic liquors, part of an interstate shipment which had been stolen from a motor truck carrier, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 659, and each was sentenced by the trial court to be imprisoned for a period of two years. Error is alleged on this appeal in the failure of the district court to grant appellant Pile’s motion for dismissal and appellants’ joint motion for acquittal.

It is Pile’s position that his rights under the Fifth…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. United States v. MoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. United States Ex Rel. Vajtauer v. Commissioner of ImmigrationSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. Quinn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States v. James A. Blakey and Louis A. BerryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Harris v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
  3. United States Ex Rel. Laino v. Warden of Wallkill PrisonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
  4. United States v. Salvatore J. Cefalu, Also Known as Sam Cefalu, Samuel A. Librizzi, Also Known as Sam Librizzi, and August PalmisanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
  5. United States v. Interborough Delicatessen Dealers Ass'nDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964

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