United States v. Melvin Willis Hargrave, United States of America v. Carvel Eugene Benson

In these appeals defendants’ sole contention is that the indictment returned against them charged them with the specific intent to defraud William M. McCord in the passing of counterfeit money. 1 The existence of such an intent was not proved, so they argue, and hence defendants were entitled to acquittal. Defendants concede that in the usual prosecution under 18 U.S.C.A. § 472 only a general intent to defraud need be proved to sustain a conviction. Riggs v. United States, 280 F.2d 750 (5 Cir. 1960); Barbee v. United States, 392 F.2d 532 (5 Cir. 1968). See also Rood v. United States, 340 F.2d…