UNITED STATES v. DOTO

No. 268, Docket 22688.

205 F.2d 416 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. DOTO.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Bennett, New York City (Corbin, Bennett & Delehanty and Harold H. Corbin, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Robert Martin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

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


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Joseph Doto, often referred to in the record as Joe Adonis, appeals from his conviction by a district judge, a jury trial having been waived, for contempt of a Committee of the United States Senate under 2 U.S.C. § 192 in refusing to answer a question. The Committee was the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, generally known as the Kefauver Committee, its Chairman being Senator Kefauver...

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