Robert Bolivar Depugh v. United States of America, Walter P. Peyson v. United States of America, Troy Haughton v. United States

Defendants DePugh, Peyson and Haughton were convicted by trial to a jury of violations of the National Firearms Act. The indictment was cast in three counts. 1

The first count charges each of the named defendants with conspiracy to violate (1) 26 U.S.C. § 5811, by transferring firearms as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5848, without paying the required tax; (2) 26 U.S.C. § 5821, by making firearms as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5848, without paying the required tax; and (3) 26 U.S.C. § 5851, by receiving and possessing firearms as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5848, which had not been registered as required by 26…