Petrilli v. United States

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of transporting stolen property of the value of $5,000 or more in interstate commerce, in violation of 53 Stat. 1178, 18 U.S.C.A. § 415.

He contends that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction. A similar contention was urged, and held to be without merit, in the companion case of Russell v. United States, 8 Cir., 119 F.2d 686. In view of the earnest reassertion of the contention here, we shall repeat some of the demonstrative facts.

On the morning of February 7, 1940, a jewelry salesman named I. T. Slifkin was robbed of $12,900 worth…