Tot v. United States

These cases involve the construction and validity of § 2 (f) of the Federal Firearms Act, 1 which is:

“It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence or is a fugitive from justice to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, and the possession of a firearm or ammunition by any such person shall be presumptive evidence that such firearm or ammunition was shipped or transported or received, as the case may be, by such person in violation of this Act.”

In No. 569, Tot, the petitioner, was convicted…