United States v. Robert Leonard Lucarz

EUGENE A WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is by a postal employee from a conviction for theft from the mails. 18 U.S.C. § 1709. We affirm.

The record shows that at approximately 5:00 A.M. on February 10, 1968, appellant Lucarz, a mail clerk in the main post office in Phoenix, Arizona, signed for and acknowledged receipt of a registered mail pouch. It contained 36 registry envelopes filled with the proceeds of the previous day’s sale of stamps at a branch post office. Seven hours later, Lucarz reported to his supervisor that the pouch had been cut and the contents were missing.

Following a…