Kelly v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. C. L. Kelly was convicted of transporting in intérstate commerce a stolen automobile, knowing it to have been stolen, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, was convicted of transporting in interstate commerce a certain automobile, knowing the same to have been stolen, in violation of the Act of October 29, 1919 (41 Stat. 325), known as the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, the third section of which reads as follows:
“See. 3. That whoever shall transport or cause to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce a motor vehicle, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or…
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