United States v. Paul W. Panczko

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Paul W. Panczko, defendant, appeals from a judgment of the district court sentencing him to a term of 10 years and fining him $500 and costs, following his plea of not guilty of violation of *677§ 1704, Title 18 U.S.C. as charged in an indictment. There was a jury verdict finding him guilty.

§ 1704 provides, in part:

Whoever steals, purloins, embezzles, or obtains by false pretense any key suited to any lock adopted by the Post Office Department and in use on any of the mails or bags thereof, or any key to any lock box, lock drawer, or other authorized receptacle for…