Martin v. Government of Canal Zone

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The two appellants were convicted under an information charging them and one LeRoy with unlawfully and feloniously taking and carrying away $500 in United States currency and 100 German marks, of the alleged value of $40 in United States currency, the personal property of one Willy Vom Norden. Upon the demand of said LeRoy, the court ordered that he be tried separately. In the trial the prosecution introduced evidence to the effect that Willy Vom Norden, when leaving the steamship Santa Elena, on which he came to Balboa, Canal Zone, met appellants, who, aided by LeRoy,…