Grovene James Finley, Webber Heflin Mitchell, David Wendell Goodwin and James Thomas Daniels v. United States

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The four appellants herein, Grovene James Finley, Webber Heflin Mitchell, David Wendell Goodwin, and James Thomas Daniels, and four others, Vernon Ácie Carter, William Clyde Johnson, Forrest Eugene McLendon and John Henry Daniel, none of whom are here as appellants, were charged in Count One of a three count indictment with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 in connection with 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2313. The charge was that during the period from about August 1, 1956, up to and including June 30, 1958, they unlawfully, wilfully, knowingly, and feloniously combined,…