United States v. Francis Jerome Winters, A/K/A Francis Jerome Waddell

OPINION OF THE COURT

The defendant, Winters, was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. Section 641, for concealing and retaining stolen United States money orders having a value in excess of $100, with the intent to convert them to his own use knowing them to have been stolen.

While investigating a burglary of postal money orders and a validating stamp from branch post offices, postal authorities obtained information from informants that the stolen money orders were being concealed by the defendant at a particular address.

When the inspectors arrived at the premises described in the search warrant…