Carl Roberts and Barbara Bookout v. United States of America, John Cocco v. United States

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

We review on a joint record the appeals of Roberts, Bookout and Coceo from convictions in a joint trial for offenses with respect to counterfeit currency of the United States. We find it convenient to discuss and dispose of both appeals involving the three appellants in a single opinion.

The three appellants, Barbara Book-out, Carl Roberts, and John Coceo, were indicted on three counts: The first count charged the appellants with committing and aiding and abetting on April 4, 1967, the substantive offense of passing, uttering, and publishing a counterfeit twenty dollar…