United States v. Knight

The Court of Appeals, speaking through one of the most conscientious and experienced of judges, thus summarized the problem of the case: *510The court concluded that the evidence did not support the charges made in the indictment and that the motion for a directed verdict should have been granted. At the bar of this Court the Government disavowed the presence of any question of law in the case except the question whether the record warranted submission of the case to the jury as the District Court thought, and as the Court of Appeals thought not. The Government conceded unreservedly that the…