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SPIES v. UNITED STATES

No. 278.

317 U.S. 492 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 364

87 L.Ed. 418

SPIES v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David V. Cahill for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Clark, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Sewall Key and Earl C. Crouter were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner has been convicted of attempting to defeat and evade income tax, in violation of § 145 (b) of the Revenue Act of 1936, 49 Stat. 1648, 1703, now § 145 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Circuit Court of Appeals found the assignment of error directed to the charge to the jury the only one of importance enough to notice. The charge followed the interpretation put upon this section of the...

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