United States v. Herman Prujansky, United States of America v. James Vente, United States of America v. Louis C. Bruno

WEICK, Chief Judge.

These are separate appeals from judgments of conviction on two counts of an indictment charging the defendants with possession of goods with knowledge that they had been stolen while a part of interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659 and of conspiring to commit the substantive offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The appeals were consolidated for argument. All of the appellants were represented by counsel of their own choosing at the trial and in these appeals.

The stolen goods consisted of color television sets and stereos which had been shipped from Zenith…