Ecklund v. United States

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the appellant, Reginald A. Ecklund, on an information charging him and E. B. Eldridge with unlawfully, wilfully and knowingly selling a 1942 Chevrolet sedan above the lawful maximum ceiling price provided by O. P. A. Regulations promulgated in pursuance of Acts of Congress.1 Appellant was fined $500 and sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment.

At the time of Ecklund’s trial, the co-defendant, E. B. Eldridge, was a fugitive from justice. Though the information charged that Ecklund and Eldridge were doing business as Eck Motor…