Marion S. Patterson v. United States

Patterson and two co-defendants were indicted for the unlawful possession of certain rifles and shotguns described by serial numbers, knowing the same to have been embezzled or stolen. 1 The indictment was in two counts referring to different interstate shipments. One defendant, McCain, pleaded guilty and testified against the other two against whom verdicts of guilty on both counts were returned. Patterson alone appeals. Arguing some twenty-two specifications of error, Patterson attacks the admissibility of certain evidence, the charge of the court, and the sufficiency of the evidence. We…