United States v. John Joseph Meisch

OPINION OF THE COURT

GANEY, Circuit Judge/

Defendant-appellant was convicted for having violated § 472 of Title 18, U.S.C. His alternative post-trial motions for judgment of acquittal and for a new trial were denied and he was sentenced to four years imprisonment. On this appeal he claims the indictment is defective because it failed to allege that he knew the Federal Reserve notes were counterfeit1 and, therefore, the court erred in denying his motion for “judgment of acquittal”.

*771The indictment reads:

“On or about the 14th day of May 1964 at Edison Township, in the State and District of New…