In Re Thompson

On January 6, 1911, the petitioner, together with another, was indicted by the United States grand jury for a violation of the terms of section 5470 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, [U. S. Comp. Stats. 1916, see. 10,364; 5 Fed. Stats. Ann., 1st ed., p. 968], which provides, in effect, that “Any person who shall buy, receive, or conceal, or aid in buying, receiving, or concealing” any of various documents, contracts, evidences of indebtedness, or articles, all of which are specifically mentioned in the statute, “knowing any such article or thing to have been stolen or embezzled from the mail, or out of any postoffice, branch post-office or other authorized depository for mail matter, or from any person having custody thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years.” The indictment was in four counts. The first count charged that the petitioner and his associate "did willfully, knowingly, unlawfully and feloniously receive from one Orlando F. Altorre . ., . and conceal and aid him ... in concealing certain articles and things of value, to wit: divers notes of the national bank…