UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN DIE & INSTRUMENT WORKS

No. 11269.

213 F.2d 731 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN DIE & INSTRUMENT WORKS, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Kline, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Joseph M. Howard, Washington, D. C. (H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, David L. Luce, Dickinson Thatcher, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., John W. McIlvaine, U. S. Atty., D. Malcolm Anderson, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for respondent.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER, and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

Cases like this are uncommon. They should not occur at all. For on this appeal we are compelled to reverse a conviction of crime, which was supported by substantial evidence, because of the many improper things said and done by the special prosecutor who tried the case for the United States.

The indictment, charging income tax evasion, was tried to a jury with protracted examination and cross-examination of prosecution and defense witnesses...

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