Lawrence v. United States

PHILLIPS, District Judge.

Charles Johnson and Charles Lawrence were indicted, tried, and convicted for a violation of the Act of February 13, 1913, 37 Stat. 670 (U. S. Comp. St. §-8603), to wit, with unlawfully having in their possession 60 bags of sugar, which had been stolen from an interstate shipment, knowing the same to have been stolen. Erom the judgment and sentence of conviction, Lawrence sued out a writ of error.

The first assignment of error is predicated upon certain matters elicited over objection during the cross-examination of the defendant Lawrence, testifying as a witness in his…