Robert Daniel Breece v. United States

Appellant was convicted by the verdict of a jury and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, U.S. C.A., Title 18, section 2312. He had been given possession of an automobile by a dealer in Detroit, Michigan, for interstate transportation and delivery to a customer in Sacramento, California.

To make the delivery, either by a specified northern or southern route, it was not necessary for appellant to pass through the State of Tennessee. Nevertheless, he was apprehended with the automobile in his possession at Knoxville, Tennessee, and had, by…