United States v. Picarelli

Each of the appellants contends only that the evidence is insufficient to support his own conviction. As to Ward the case presents no difficulty. When approached by the arresting officer, he was seated in the rear of a parked automobile; in his hands he had a number of small index cards which might reasonably be thought to bear the names and addresses of users of “A” gasoline ration coupons, and on his lap was a paper bag found to contain, when opened by the officer, 8,271 such coupons. In reply to the officer’s question as to what he did for a living he said he was a book-maker. On the…