Weisman v. United States

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Dave Weisman, one William F. Doering, and William Williamson were indicted in the United States District Court for the-Eastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri. Williamson was acquitted by the-jury by direction of the court. Plaintiff in error and Doering were convicted on six counts of the indictment. The facts show that on April 2, 1923, at about 6 o’clock in the morning, a number of men held up the armored truck in which United States mail was being transported from the post office-in St. Louis to various substations, and took from…