United States v. Ralph Cioffi

HAND, Circuit Judge.

The facts that support Cioffi’s conviction for receiving a stolen motor vehicle in violation of § 2313 of Title 18 of the United States Code, are as follows. The motor, a tractor, owned by one, Bretz, had been driven from Pennsylvania to Chicago on December 19, 1954, and was stolen on that night, presumably by a man named Harris. In any event John Metz bought it from Harris in February or March, 1955, concededly with knowledge that it had been stolen, and he used it in his business of letting it out to haul goods, ordinarily driving it himself. Metz’s testimony as to what…