Morandy v. United States

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2311-2313. The charge was that he transported a stolen vehicle, namely, a 1942 Mercury convertible coupe, Motor No. 99A-506084, from Whiting, Indiana to Santa Barbara County, California, with knowledge that it had been stolen.

There was evidence that on April 6, 1946, at Oxnard, California, appellant was in possession of a green car answering in all respects the description contained in the indictment. Shortly thereafter he abandoned it on a street in Santa Maria. He was at the…