George Washington v. United States

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, George Washington, was tried to a jury and found guilty of violation of § 641, Title 18 United States Code, and sentenced to a term of six years in the custody of the Attorney General.

The indictment charged that on or about the 26th day of September, 1962, the appellant, in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, “did steal and purloin a thing of value of the United States and of a department thereof, to-wit, one Keuifel and Esser Company surveyor’s transit, belonging to and being the property of the United States Corps of Engineers, Granite City Army Depot, the…