George Emerson Hart v. United States

VOGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

George Emerson Hart, after a plea of not guilty, was convicted by a jury on a single count indictment charging a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 473, which proscribes dealing in counterfeit obliga tions or securities. 1 Upon conviction, Hart was sentenced to ten years but was not fined. He was allowed to proceed in forma pauperis and on this appeal makes two contentions: (1) The insufficiency of the government’s evidence to sustain a finding of guilty; (2) that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the defendant should be acquitted if they found…