Legal Opinion
United States v. Chester Clarence White
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1975No. 74--1283PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
The appellant White was convicted on an indictment charging that he “did steal, take and abstract from and out of the mail, and mail receptacle, a letter and remove from such letter articles and things contained therein, that is [five $5.00 Federal Reserve Notes] .... in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708.” 1 There was direct evidence that federal agents attached a letter to a clothespin on the outside of a mailbox at an apartment house in Denver, Colorado. The clothespin was hooked or fastened to the mailbox lid, and the letter was clipped to the…
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- Robert Thomas Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. Clay Davis and Charles Edward FralixCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Edward LopezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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