Homer L. Woxberg, Sr., and Wayne Franklin Dykes v. United States

BARNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Woxberg appeals his convictions on four counts of embezzlement and conversion of union funds, charged to be in violation of Section 501(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Counts I, II, IX and X). Appellant Dykes appeals from his conviction on two counts (I and II).

Count I relates to the dissolution of a previously existing trust fund (sometimes known as a “severance fund”) established by the executive board of a local union as a pension plan for its paid employees, amounting when it was dissolved to $35,178. Count II refers to a…