James Ernest Gerber v. United States

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The information in this case — drawn under 18 U.S.C. § 2312 — charged that appellant transported a stolen automobile from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, knowing it to have been stolen. Trial by jury was waived and the cause was tried to the court. Appellant was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence to establish a crime is challenged. It is now settled law that the statute, supra, is not limited in scope to the taking of a motor vehicle which amounts to com- xnon-law larceny. Instead, it brings within its ambit an…