BURGMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 10489.

188 F.2d 637 (1951)

BURGMAN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William E. Owen, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Victor C. Woerheide, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Missouri, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom William A. Paisley, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., was on the brief, for appellee.

George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., and J. Frank Cunningham, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted for treason, tried by court and jury, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment. Upon this appeal he presents nine points. We have examined each with care.

1. Appellant says that his trial was not impartial, because Government employees sat upon the jury. We regard this question as set at rest by the decisions of the Supreme Court in Frazier v. United States1 and Dennis v. United...

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