Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit September 26, 1977, 1499, Docket 77-1270 (United States v. Anthony James Sebastian and Patrick Gibbons)

DOOLING, District Judge:

The Government’s version of the facts that underlie both the indictment and the superseding indictment is that defendants-appellants participated in forging endorsements on validly issued Series E United States Savings Bonds and cashing them. The original indictment charged that the defendants

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