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POWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 12463.

226 F.2d 269 (1955)

Clyde L. POWELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1955.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel B. Maher, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. Charles B. Murray, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Max H. Goldschein, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Mr. John J. Sexton, Jr., Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Powell was convicted by the District Court, without a jury, upon a presentment by the Grand Jury for contempt in that he gave "obstructive and contumacious" answers to questions propounded to him and in that he disobeyed an order of the court that he answer. The evidence upon the trial consisted of transcripts of the Grand Jury proceedings and affidavits filed by Powell, accepted as evidence and uncontradicted. Found guilty, he...

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