United States v. Walter Augustus Bowe, Robert Steele Collier, and Khaleel Sultarn Sayyed

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

On March 2, 1965, an indictment was filed against appellants Walter Bowe, Robert Collier, and Khaleel Sayyed 1 charging them with conspiring to destroy government property and to smuggle explosives into the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 545 and 1361; 2 and with smuggling in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545. Subsequent to the denial of appellants’ motions to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that it was legally insufficient and that the grand jury had been improperly selected, trial was commenced on May 17, 1965. At trial the Government attempted to show…