Russell G. Cofer v. United States

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Russell G. Cofer has appealed from a judgment and sentence based upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty under the first count of an information which charged him with having, on September 24,1955, in Newton County, Missouri, attempted to transport intoxicating liquor into the State of Oklahoma, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1262.

The information was filed January 25, 1957. Cofer entered a plea of not guilty on November 5,1957. The case was tried on November 12 and 13, 1957. The verdict of the jury was returned on November 13, and Cofer was sentenced to imprisonment…