Legal Opinion

Wolk v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 2, 1938No. 10897PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STONE, Circuit Judge.

From a conviction on a charge of unlawful possession of goods stolen from an interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S. C.A. § 409, this appeal is brought.

Appellant presents here three issues, as follows: (I) Failure of evidence to show that the goods were stolen in interstate commerce; (II) improper admission of evidence; (III) insufficiency of evidence to justify submission of the case to the jury.

I. Interstate Commerce.

The contention that the goods here involved were stolen while not in interstate commerce is based upon the situation following. The Bruce Transfer…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Marifian v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  2. Rudolph J. Nassif v. United States of America, Paul Otto Schmadebeck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  3. United States v. GollinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
  4. United States v. Walter May, West Pharris May, and Albert Cornelius HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  5. The United States of America v. Max Benjamin Berger, Sheldon Polakoff, Morris SatzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964

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