UNITED STATES v. FONTANA

Nos. 11601-11603.

231 F.2d 807 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. John Christopher FONTANA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Frank PHILLIPS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Mike F. SICILIA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Glasso, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Joseph A. Rossi, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

D. Malcolm Anderson, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (John W. McIlvaine, U. S. Atty., Western District of Pennsylvania, Martin M. Sheinman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in these appeals were found guilty, with others, of violating 18 U.S.C. § 241, i. e., conspiring "to injure, oppress * * * any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution * * *." The conspiracy may be summarized in the statement that the defendants allegedly forged voters' registration cards or certificates and cast fictitious and false ballots — in common...

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