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BEST v. UNITED STATES

No. 4363.

184 F.2d 131 (1950)

BEST v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

July 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Leen, Boston, Mass. (Charles W. Bartlett and David E. Place, Boston, Mass., with him on brief), Robert H. Best, pro se, for appellant.

Fred E. Strine, Special Assistant to the Attorney General (George F. Garrity, United States Attorney, Boston, Mass., and Rosalie M. Moynahan, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., with him on brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment sentencing Robert H. Best to life imprisonment and a fine of $10,000, upon a conviction by a jury on an indictment charging the crime of treason against the United States. The charge was predicated upon appellant's radio broadcasting activities within Germany and Austria during World War II, under the auspices of the German Radio Broadcasting Company, an agency of the German Government under the jurisdiction...

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