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SHAW v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 11774, 11775.

209 F.2d 298 (1953)

SHAW v. UNITED STATES. WIGGINS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1953.

Certiorari Denied February 1, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. De Long Harris and Curtis P. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. B. Dabney Fox and William B. Harris, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. William J. Peck, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. E. Riley Casey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Long Island City, N. Y., and Mr. William R. Glendon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, also entered appearances for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, PROCTOR and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied February 1, 1954. See 74 S.Ct. 430.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments of conviction in a criminal case. Fourteen defendants were tried under a six-count indictment charging violations of the laws against lotteries.1 Some pleaded guilty to one count, and some were acquitted by direction of the court. The case went to the jury in respect to three defendants. Shaw and Wiggins were found guilty...

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