UNITED STATES v. MESAROSH

Nos. 11169-11173.

223 F.2d 449 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. Stephen MESAROSH, also Known as Steve Nelson, William Albertson, Benjamin Lowell Careathers, James Hulse Dolsen and Irving Weissman, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1955.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. McBride, Philadelphia, Pa., Frank J. Donner, New York City, Ralph E. Powe, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

D. Malcolm Anderson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (John W. McIlvaine, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., William G. Hundley, Francis L. Williamson, Lawrence K. Bailey, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and MARIS, GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments of conviction entered against the appellants, Stephen Mesarosh (also known as Steve Nelson), William Albertson, Benjamin Lowell Careathers, James Hulse Dolsen, and Irving Weissman, after a jury had found them guilty of conspiring to unlawfully, wilfully and knowingly advocate and teach the duty and necessity of overthrowing and destroying the Government of the United States by force and violence, with the intent...

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