John R. Hendrickson v. United States

Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction on all counts of a 26 count indictment. Count 1 charged that appellant conspired with one George A. Hewlett to abstract and misapply moneys, funds and credits of the Long Beach National Bank, a member bank of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, whose deposits were insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and that the object of the conspiracy was to supply appellant with moneys of said bank in excess of $3,500,000, without appellant paying consideration therefor, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 656. Counts 2 to 26, inclusive, charged that on certain specified dates, George A. Hewlett wilfully abstracted and misapplied certain specified sums of money of said bank, and that appellant knowingly and wilfully aided, abetted, counseled and induced and procured the commission of such criminal acts by said Hewlett, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 656 and 2.

The sole ground urged by appellant for a reversal of this case is that he was substantially prejudiced and deprived of a fair and impartial trial by the trial court unduly participating in the examination and cross examination of all the witnesses in the…