UNITED STATES v. NETTL

No. 7591.

121 F.2d 927 (1941)

UNITED STATES v. NETTL.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

June 23, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Fitzsimmons, of New York City (Michael Breitkopf, of Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellant.

Irwin L. Langbein, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., of Washington, D. C. (William F. Smith, U. S. Atty., of Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, CLARK, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

We are quite aware of the meaning of the "substantial prejudice"1 of the statute which defines reversible error for the guidance of the appellate courts.2 Because the Congress has seen fit to adjust the balance between the community and its accused members, those courts should be all the more zealous in their protection of those unfortunate individuals from actual injustice. We think the...

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