Lotto v. United States

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Frank Lotto and Joseph Raymond Cullotta, were jointly charged in an indictment containing ten counts. Counts I-VII inclusive charged them with unlawful possession of certain gasoline ration coupons which they had acquired by theft from named persons in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, in violation of Sec. 1394.-8177(c) of Revised Ration Order 5(c) (10 Fed. Register 4893) and General Ration Order 8, as amended (8 Fed. Register 3783), issued under authority of the Second War Powers Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 633. Counts VIII-X inclusive charged the theft of…