Coco v. United States

JOHNSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in error, who will be hereafter referred to as defendants, in November, 1919, were residing on Wilson avenue in the city of St. Louis. Defendants Puglisi, Grasso, and Coco lived at No. 5033, and Cantigli at No. 5035.

The defendants were jointly indicted under sections 3258 and 3282 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. §§ 5994, 6022). The indictment contains five counts. The first and second are identical in language, and charge that on or about the 8th day of November, A. D. 1919, at No. 5035 Wilson avenue, in the city of St. Louis, etc., the defendants…