UNITED STATES v. McKEEVER


169 F.Supp. 426 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Thomas McKEEVER and Lawrence M. Morrison, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., for Southern District of New York, New York City, William S. Lynch, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for United States.

Stephen A. Fuschino, New York City, for defendant Thomas McKeever.

Henry A. Lowenberg, New York City, for defendant Lawrence M. Morrison.


HERLANDS, District Judge.

The two defendants, Thomas McKeever and Lawrence Morrison, now on trial, have been indicted under Title 18, U.S. C.A. § 1951, the Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act. The charge is that the defendants conspired to commit extortion (Count 1) and that they actually committed forty-two acts of extortion (Counts 2-43).

The alleged victim named in the indictment is James J. Ball & Sons, Inc...

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