UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

Nos. 7500, 7501.

123 F.2d 111 (1941)

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON. SAME v. SOMMERS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd E. Thompson, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant Johnson.

John Elliott Byrne, Edward J. Hess, and George Callaghan, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellants Sommers and others.

J. Albert Woll, U. S. Atty., and Earle C. Hurley, Paul M. Plunkett, Lawrence J. Miller, and Edward J. Ryan, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from a judgment, entered on the verdict of a jury, finding the defendants guilty of a wilful attempt to evade the payment of income taxes, and of conspiracy to defraud the United States. The appellant in No. 7500 is William R. Johnson, and the appellants in No. 7501 (sometimes herein referred to as "co-defendants") are Jack Sommers, James A. Hartigan, John M. Flanagan, William P. Kelly and Stuart Solomon Brown. The indictment...

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