Court of Appeals for the First Circuit April 20, 1978, 78-1026 (United States v. Joseph J. C. Dicarlo and Ronald C. MacKenzie)

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a new trial. Appellants, Joseph J. C. DiCarlo and Ronald C. MaeKenzie, hereinafter defendants, were found guilty after a jury trial in the district court of conspiracy to violate, and of substantive violations of, the Hobbs and Travel Acts, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951 and 1952.