Legal Opinion
Killilea v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 23, 1961No. Nos. 5610, 5611, 5614, 5615PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by four defendants from convictions under an indictment for larceny of some 750 cartons of whiskey which were being moved in interstate commerce on consignment from Hiram Walker Company of Illinois to a wholesaler in Boston. 18 U.S.C. § 659. As a preliminary matter we must decide whether the court correctly denied a pretrial motion to dismiss. This motion was based on a mistrial order which had been granted, over the objection of the defendants, during the trial of an earlier indictment for conspiracy to steal this same liquor. It is agreed that the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by24 opinions
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