United States v. Rainone

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The jury acquitted the defendant Rain-one on the first count of the indictment which charged him with having conspired with the co-defendant Giletta to sell a stolen automobile in interstate commerce, knowing it to have 'been stolen. It, however, found Rainone guilty on the second count which charged him and Giletta with having transported a stolen automobile from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Stamford, Conn., knowing the same to have been stolen.

Giletta pleaded guilty to the conspiracy count and appeared during the trial as the government’s main witness against Rainone.…