United States v. Daniel F. Johnson

The appellant Daniel F. Johnson was found guilty by a jury on two counts of an eight count indictment. Both of the counts charged him with theft of an interstate freight shipment of a value in excess of $100 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. Judgments of conviction were entered against him and he has appealed.

There was evidence to prove the following facts. On August 14, 1964, Elijah Axson, a hand truck delivery man for the Courtney Trucking Company, was making a delivery of cartons of dresses on West 35th Street in Manhattan’s “Garment District.” Appellant, a former employee of Courtney’s,…