William Eugene Swift v. United States

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, William Eugene Swift, was convicted by a jury on an indictment which charged him, together with Jack Edgar McBride, with transporting, in interstate commerce, stolen casing and tubing having a value in excess of $5,000, with knowledge that it was stolen. The facts alleged in the indictment charge a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. Swift appeals from a judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for a term of three years and six months.

The charge arose out of the theft of a large quantity of oil well casing and tubing from the Midland Supply Company pipe yard…