J. W. Williamson, Jr. v. United States

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Williamson was originally convicted by a jury verdict on all thirteen counts of an indictment arising under 18 U.S.C. § 656 charging appellant with misapplication of bank funds by means of spurious automobile loan transactions. On appeal, this Court reversed and remanded for a new trial on the ground that the charge of the trial court erroneously failed to include a jury instruction with respect to the proper weight to be accorded to the testimony of an accomplice. Williamson v. United States, 5th Cir. 1964, 332 F.2d 123. On the second trial, a jury verdict…