George H. Cash v. United States

Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced on a charge of robbery.

Upon the trial a citizen, by name Sanford, testified: Two blocks before leaving a bus en route home he felt for and checked his wallet. Thereafter, as he prepared to leave the bus, he was jostled, and as he stepped off the bus he was jolted in such manner as to cause him to reach for his wallet. Discovering that it was missing, he turned around and observed two men who had crowded close to him. He immediately accused them of taking the wallet. Failing to get other persons immediately at hand to call police, Sanford…