United States v. Lo Biondo

The appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict that he was guilty of “wilfully and knowingly” possessing the unstamped cans of alcohol. At the time of his arrest he was carrying two of the five-gallon cans along the hallway of a building in front of which Lo Biondo, a co-defendant who pleaded guilty, was stowing similar cans in an automobile. Four other cans were on the floor of the hall and four more had already been put into the car. The cans were so wrapped in paper that no one could see without removing the wrappings whether they bore tax stamps.…