United States v. Charles A. Mitchell

MORGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant-appellant, Charles A. Mitchell, from his conviction by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi for the interstate transportation of falsely made securities in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2314. 1 We affirm that conviction.

Mitchell, president of Columbus Savings and Loan Association (hereinafter Association), had developed a “cash flow or cash shortage” problem as a result of unsound loans. In an effort to keep the board of directors in the dark as to the situation, Mitchell, along with Boyd…