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367 F.2d 144

Docket No. 22658.

Brown v. United States

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Oct. 13, 1966.

Rehearing Denied Jan. 20, 1967.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1966-10-13

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 1966

3 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5205

Relies on Brown v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1966-10-13

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¶1See also 5 Cir., 367 F.2d 145.

¶2Douglas M. Andrews, DeFuniak Springs, Fla., for appellant.

¶3Murray M. Wadsworth, Asst. U. S. Atty., Clinton Ashmore, U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

¶4Before BROWN, GEWIN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6Appellant was convicted below for selling whiskey without tax stamps affixed on October 31, 1963, in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5205(a) (2), 5604(a) (1). Appellant now claims that proof of earlier events associating him and his confederates with the moonshine operation was inadmissible. We find this claim to be without merit because the earlier acts were reasonably related to the time and place of the act covered by the indictment. Indeed, proof of these earlier acts was necessary to explain that the occurrence of October 31 was in fact a sale of whiskey by Appellant through his agents.

¶7With respect to the claim that when compared with the testimony given in the Tampa Division case (5 Cir., 367 F.2d 145), this day decided, the informer gave false testimony to the knowledge of the Government, there is simply nothing *145in either one or both of the records considered alone or together to support this charge.

¶8We also find no merit in Appellant’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. The jury, under proper instructions from the trial Judge, was clearly justified in finding the Appellant guilty.

¶9Affirmed.

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