SCHACKOW v. GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE

No. 9097.

108 F.2d 625 (1939)

SCHACKOW et al. v. GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 27, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones T. Prowell, of New Orleans, La., and Chauncey P. Fairman of Cristobal, Canal Zone, for appellants.

Rene A. Viosca, U. S. Atty., and Robert Weinstein, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New Orleans, La., and J. J. McGuigan, U. S. Atty., of Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Hans Heinrich Schackow and Ernest Robert Edward Kuhrig were tried and convicted in the District Court for the Canal Zone for unlawfully obtaining information affecting the national defense in violation of 50 U.S.C.A. § 31. Schackow and Kuhrig were tried separately but have jointly appealed.

All jurors who served on the two juries were either tenants or employees of the government. The appellants, relying on Title 6 Canal Zone Code...

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