Nathaniel Reed v. United States

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

A two-count indictment charged that defendant had violated 26 U.S.C. § 5851. 1 He waived trial by jury. Upon finding defendant guilty as charged, Judge Young sentenced him to imprisonment for a period of “three years on the indictment as a whole.” This appeal followed.

Omitting its formal parts Count I charged:

“That on or about May 20, 1967, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, and in the Eastern District of Arkansas, NATHANIEL REED, defendant herein, knowingly and unlawfully possessed a firearm, as defined by Section 5848(1), Title 26, United States Code, to wit,…