Latgis v. United States

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland sentencing the appellant, James Latgis, to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of two years. Latgis was indicted in May, 1937, charged with violating Section 377b of Title 8, United States Code, 8 U.S.C.A. § 377b; U.S.C.A., Title 8, Sec. 414.

In March, 1938, a trial was had before a jury and a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy was returned.

The appellant, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, is a naturalized citizen of the United States,…