United States v. William Groner, D/B/A Lucky Distributors

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the conviction of William Groner on an indictment charging him with two counts of knowingly using a common carrier in interstate commerce to transport a quantity of obscene books, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C.A., Section 1462.1

Groner alleges numerous errors in the district court’s judgment. We find it necessary to discuss only two of these allegations and to render a decision on only one.

The government at trial introduced evidence that Groner caused the books in question to be shipped in interstate commerce from North Hollywood, California…