Prichard v. United States, 11634.

• Decision Date: 31 March 1947
• Docket Number: No. 11634.,11634.
• Citation: 158 F.2d 952
• Parties: PRICHARD et al. v. UNITED STATES.
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

158 F.2d 952 (1946)

PRICHARD et al. v. UNITED STATES.

No. 11634.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 1946.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1947.

Writ of Certiorari Denied March 31, 1947.

J. F. Kemp and J. M. Johnson, both of Atlanta, Ga., for appellants.

M. Neil Andrews, U. S. Atty., and Jas. T. Manning and Allen E. Lockerman, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, McCORD, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Indicted for conspiracy to violate various provisions of the Internal Revenue laws, both defendants were convicted. They appealed, assigning error on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to warrant conviction. The evidence of Pruitt's guilt is overwhelming, indeed, we think it hardly permits of any other reasonable conclusion than that he was guilty. As to Prichard, although the evidence is not nearly so strong, it yet presents a chain of circumstances pointing, in the absence of adequate explanation, unerringly to his guilt.¹ The judgment is affirmed.

1 Nounes v. United States, 5 Cir., 4 F.2d 833.