Thomas Lester Thaggard v. United States

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for violation of the Federal, bank robbery statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113. (b).1

The facts which could be found by the. jury in support of their verdict are substantially as follows:

On the morning of March 6, 1963, appellant received his February, 1963 bank statement from the Union Bank & Trust. *736Company, showing a balance in excess of $43,000. He showed this statement to a friend, remarking, “You don’t make this kind of money in used car business.” It appears that the bank had received two deposits aggregating approximately…