United States v. Averett

McDOWELL, District Judge.

The four defendants, negroes heretofore employed by the Southern Railway Company at its railroad station in Danville, Va., were arrested by Danville police officers on March 15, 1928. Shortly thereafter a warrant was issued by the United States commissioner in Danville, charging the defendants (under section 194, Criminal Code [18 USCA § 317]) with a joint theft of $27,000 in money from a mail pouch. The commissioner at first designated March 19th for a preliminary examination, and at that time apparently fixed bail at $5,000 for each defendant. On the 19th, on the…