Legal Opinion
Thomas Eugene Barfield v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1956No. 15520_1PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for having transported a stolen automobile from Tallapoosa, Georgia, to Oxford, Alabama, knowing that the vehicle was stolen, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312.
The Government’s case was simply made. Ownership of the vehicle and the fact of its theft were proved by testimony of the owner and the attendant that it had been placed in the care of the hotel parking lot in New Orleans May 6, 1953, from which it was taken by an unidentified, unauthorized person shortly afterwards. Who took it or what happened to him was not disclosed. The…
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