United States v. Gordon

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants were indicted on four counts, I and III of which averred their unlawful possession of goods stolen while in interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659, and II and IV, that they caused the property mentioned in I and III to be transported further in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. The jury found both defendants guilty, whereupon judgment entered, imposing upon each a sentence of ten years. This appeal followed.

Defendants assert that, (1), counts I and III are insufficient in law; (2), the proof is insufficient to support the…