Quirk v. United States

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Archie Quirk appeals to reverse a judgment of conviction and sentence for conspiracy to violate provisions of Sec. 4 of the Emergency Price Control Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 904, and Food Products Regulation No. 2 (9 F.Reg. 8304) as amended (10 F.Reg. 2083). He was indicted with seven others but tried separately on his plea of not guilty. The charge was that during the period of January 1, 1946 to May 1, 1946, appellant and the others in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 88, agreed and conspired to purchase field corn and to pay therefor large sums of money in excess of…