Case Name: Robert O'NEAL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1965-02-12
Citations: 341 F.2d 581
Docket Number: No. 21437
Parties: Robert O’NEAL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 341
Pages: 581–581

Head Matter:
Robert O’NEAL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 21437.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 12, 1965.
Rehearing Denied March 19, 1965;
Sidney E. Lewis, Goldman, Presser & Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
James H. Walsh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Middle Dist. of Florida, for appellee.
Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, RIYES, Circuit Judge, and DYER, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
We have carefully considered the contentions of the appellant dealing with the participation of the trial judge in the conduct of the trial, the admission into evidence of proof of the contents of the containers without accounting for their absence. Cf. Watson v. United States, 5 Cir., 224 F.2d 910, and the lack of sufficient evidence to take the case to the jury. We find no error on any of the grounds presented. As to the rule relating to the admissibility of oral testimony touching on the absence of stamps and the nature of the contents of the containers in "moonshine" prosecutions, see our recent decision in Burney v. United States, 5th Cir., 339 F.2d 91, 1964.
The judgment is affirmed.