Legal Opinion
George Herman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1961No. 18012_1PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, George Herman, questions the fairness of the trial below, as well as the adequacy of the government’s proof to establish the elements essential for conviction.
May 18 or May 19, 1958, Jack Heffron, president and director of Norelle Jewelry Company, went to the Union Station at St. Louis, Missouri, to start on a sales trip. He had with him a salesman’s jewelry case containing various samples of rings and mountings. He gave the case to a porter. The porter placed it on a hand truck. Heffron walked to one of the ticket windows to buy a ticket. He turned his…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Abrams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by126 opinions
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- Benjamin Dranow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- State v. DiRienzoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
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