George Gallion v. United States

George Gallion, appellant herein, was charged in an indictment filed in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon with a violation Kristl, 18 U. S.C. § 2314 which provides, inter alia:

While represented by counsel appellant waived a trial by jury and was tried before the district court, which found defendant guilty and sentenced him to a term of imprisonment. A timely appeal was filed in this court. The district court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3231 and this court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . The following facts were established in the evidence.

While appellant was hitchhiking he was picked up by one Russell Frey, a traveling salesman. Appellant and Frey traveled together for about one week. They stayed in a motel together in St. Paul, Minnesota. While there, defendant stole two wallets belonging to Frey which contained, among other things, identification cards of Frey, and left. Using these identification cards, appellant rented and abandoned several cars in various places. He also registered at hotels and cashed checks using Frey’s identification. In a Chicago hotel the management apparently had some suspicion that he was not Frey and…