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BLACKMER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5131, 5132.

49 F.2d 523 (1931)

BLACKMER v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided April 6, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick DeC. Faust and Charles F. Wilson, both of Washington, D. C., Eugene D. Millikin and Karl C. Schuyler, both of Denver, Colo., and George G. Battle, of New York City, for appellant.

Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., and Atlee Pomerene, of Cleveland, Ohio (Frank Harrison, of Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel), for the United States.

Before ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices, and COX, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

ROBB, Associate Justice.

In No. 5131, appellant, Harry M. Blackmer, was adjudged guilty of contempt of the Supreme Court of the District in failing to respond to a subpœna to appear on October 17, 1927, as a witness on behalf of the United States at the trial of Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall in that court on a criminal charge of having conspired to defraud the United States in violation of section 37 of the Criminal Code (18 USCA § 88).

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