Bloch v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas; William R. Smith, Judge. Herman Bloch was convicted under Act Feb. 13, 1913, of receiving or having in his possession property stolen from an interstate shipment, knowing the same to have been stolen, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the District Court for the Western District of Texas of the offense of receiving or having in his possession property stolen from an interstate shipment, knowing the property to have been stolen. The property consisted of 37 flasks of quicksilver shipped from Mendota, Cal., to New York City.
[1-3] The sufficiency of the indictment is questioned for a number of reasons. The indictment is challenged because it does not sufficiently allege the ownership of the quicksilver. The shipment is alleged to have been made over an interstate…
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