UNITED STATES v. PIGNATELLI

No. 155.

125 F.2d 643 (1942)

UNITED STATES v. PIGNATELLI.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 13, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Brill, of New York City (Joseph Brill and Jerome F. P. Tobin, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Mathias F. Correa, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Raymond Ickes, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CLARK, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Ludovic Pignatelli, was separately indicted for violating Section 338a(c) of Title 18 of the United States Code Annotated and also for conspiring with Theodore Bolduc and William M. Gibson to violate Section 338a(c) thereof. Having been convicted under each indictment he has appealed. We think that each conviction should be affirmed.

Section 338a(c) reads as follows: "(c) Whoever, with intent to extort from any...

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