United States v. Joseph Kaufman and Domenic Mauro

LEONARD P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.,

These are appeals from the convictions, of defendants Joseph Kaufman and Domenic Mauro after trial before a jury for violations of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174. The trial of a third defendant named in the indictment, Peter DiPalermo, was. severed. 1

The defendants were tried under a. three-count indictment. The first count, charged a substantive violation of § 173'. ■and § Í74 by Kaufman and DiPalermo on .April 16, 1960, the second count a similar violation by Mauro and DiPalermo on .April 22, 1960, and the third count was a •conspiracy charge naming all three…