United States v. Carlo P. Minieri and Salvatore Saponaro

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, appellants Carlo P. Minieri and Salvatore Saponaro were convicted of possessing goods they knew to have been stolen from a truck while the goods were a part of interstate commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 659 (1958). The jury deliberated twenty-four hours before reporting the verdicts.

The indictment contained two counts, the first that Minieri had the goods in his possession on March 31, 1959, the second that Saponaro possessed them at some time between the day they were stolen, March 12,…