Fosse v. United States

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was charged in two separate indictments with two distinct crimes of larceny from a vessel alleged to have been committed on the night of the 13th of February, 1929. One indictment charged him with taking five skates of 48-pound hemp halibut gear, two 25-pound anchors, 200 fathoms 9-thread buoy line, belonging to Edward Lawler, from the fishing vessel Anna J., and the other indictment charged him with taking two skates of halibut gear, one canvas buoy bag, and 125 fathoms of 9-thread buoy line belonging to Hans Hansen, from the fishing boat Flattery. In each…