Bihn v. United States

Petitioner and one Bennett were convicted of a conspiracy 1 to violate the statute and regulations governing the rationing of gasoline.2 It was charged that between July 1, 1943 and September 6, 1944 petitioner would steal gasoline ration coupons from the First National Bank of Poughkeepsie, New York, where she was employed, transfer them to Bennett, and share with Bennett the *635proceeds of the sale. The case was tried to a jury. Petitioner alone appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which sustained the judgment of conviction, one judge dissenting. 152 F. 2d 342. The sole question presented…