United States v. Robert L. Donovan, Albert Andrews and Hyman Cohen

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were indicted on three counts. The first charged an assault upon a postal employee with intent to rob the mail. The second charged the same offense in aggravated form, alleging that appellants put the postal employee’s life in jeopardy by using a dangerous weapon while attempting to rob the mail. These counts were based on 18 U.S.C. § 2114. The third count charged that appellants conspired to assault the postal employee with intent to rob him of mail matter in violation of the general conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371. The jury returned a verdict of guilty…