UNITED STATES v. COSTELLO

No. 265, Docket 22380.

198 F.2d 200 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. COSTELLO.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1952.

Writ of Certiorari Denied November 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spence, Hotchkiss, Parker & Duryee, New York City, Kenneth M. Spence, Ernest Angell, Julius J. Teller, New York City, and Huyler C. Held, Great Neck, N. Y., of counsel, for Frank Costello, defendant-appellant.

Myles J. Lane, United States Attorney, New York City, Joseph P. Martin, Chief, Criminal Division, Syracuse, Robert Martin and Stanley D. Robinson, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel, for United States of America, plaintiff-appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied November 10, 1952. See 73 S.Ct. 166.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Frank Costello, was convicted of ten1 separate contempts of the United States Senate Crime Investigation Committee, 2 U.S.C.A. § 192, and was sentenced to a term of eighteen months imprisonment and to pay a fine of $5,000.

Counts 1, 3 and 4 of the indictment charged...

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