Batson v. United States

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Clarence L. Batson, was tried and convicted June 21, 1940, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma at McAlester, Oklahoma, on an indictment containing two counts, charging him with violations of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 18 U.S. C.A. § 408. He was sentenced June 22,1940. On August 5, 1941, he filed a pleading called a motion for a new trial and writ of error, predicated on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The motion was overruled November 3,1941. He has appealed.

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