UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER

Cr. No. 17667.

72 F.Supp. 230 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 28, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Garrity, U. S. Atty., and Gerald John McCarthy, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., Oscar R. Ewing, Sp. Asst., to the Atty. Gen., Theron L. Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Clyde E. Gooch and Tom DeWolfe, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., and Samuel C. Ely and Victor C. Woerheide, Sp. Attys., both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Claude B. Cross and Edward C. Park, both of Boston, Mass., for defendant.


FORD, District Judge.

The defendant moves to dismiss the indictment and bases his motion on five grounds which will be discussed in the order they are set out in the motion.

The indictment consists of a single count and in substance charges that the defendant, owing allegiance to the United States, committed 23 overt acts at various places in Germany in furtherance of his treasonable adherence to that country or its agents.

I. "The indictment improperly...

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