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UNITED STATES v. WELCH

No. 8974.

154 F.2d 705 (1946)

UNITED STATES v. WELCH.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick M. P. Pearse, of Newark, N. J. (George Such Pearse, of Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellant.

Vincent E. Hull, of Newark, N. J. (Edgar H. Rossbach, U. S. Atty., of Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, GOODRICH, and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges.

O'CONNELL, Circuit Judge.

William J. Welch appeals from an order of the District Court for the District of New Jersey which found him guilty of contempt and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.

The contempt proceedings were a by-product of the prosecution of Walter D. Van Riper, the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, for violation of the federal gasoline rationing regulations.

At the request of Welch, an investigator in the prosecutor...

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