Wright v. United States

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

On November 14, 1944, a freight car of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company was entered at Guernsey Siding, Arkansas, and 26 cases of beer, in transit from St. Louis, Missouri, to Harlingen, Texas, were stolen. The Government, by an indictment, charged appellant with the theft (18 U.S.C.A. § 409). On his plea of not guilty, he was tried, convicted and sentenced. He asserts that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction.

The appellant introduced no evidence and interposed no objections to any of the evidence of the Government. At the close of the…