District Court, S.D. West Virginia January 31, 1951, Crim. No. 268 (United States v. Friend)

MOORE, Chief Judge.

Defendant was indicted on the charge that he secreted, embezzled and appropriated to his own use and benefit the sum of $320.53 in postal funds belonging to the United States. The trial was had before the Court, after defendant had waived jury trial in writing and the United States had consented to such waiver.