United States v. Farina

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Farina and DiPalermo were indicted and convicted for having in their possession on April 28, 1949 certain counterfeit bank notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472, for the sale of the same notes on the same day in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473, and for conspiring to commit both acts in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The trial judge imposed sentences of fifteen years on the possession count, ten years on the sale count, and five years on the conspiracy count, the sentences to run concurrently. An appeal was taken to this court and the convictions were…