United States v. O'BRIEN

MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were indicted and convicted on a count which charged them with the possession of 27 cases of butter which had been stolen from an interstate shipment, knowing the same to have been stolen. The statute concerned is 18 U.S.C. § 409 [now § 659], the pertinent parts of which read as follows: .

“(a) Whoever shall — * * *

“(2) embezzle, steal, or unlawfully take, carry away, or conceal, or by fraud or deception obtain from any—

“(i) railroad car, motortruck, wagon, or other vehicle,

“(ii) station house, platform, depot, or terminal,

“(iii) steamboat, vessel, or wharf,