George H. Edwards v. United States

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant George H. Edwards was tried to and found guilty by a jury on a charge of depredation against property of an agency of the United States causing damage exceeding $100 in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1361. His motion for new trial was overruled. He was sentenced to forty-two months imprisonment by final judgment entered September 3, 1965. This is a timely appeal authorized in forma pauperis from such conviction.

Defendant asserts that he is entitled to a reversal for the following reasons:

1. Error in denying his motion for new trial on the ground of newly…