CORBETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 14801.

238 F.2d 557 (1956)

Bill CORBETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Little, LeSourd, Palmer, Scott & Slemmons, F. A. LeSourd, Brockman Adams, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Charles P. Moriarty, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., John S. Obenour, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.

Before ORR, and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and TOLIN, District Judge.


TOLIN, District Judge.

After trial in the District Court defendant was convicted of Counts One and Two of a four-count indictment which charged four separate violations of Title 26 U.S.C. § 145(b) [wilful evasion of income tax]. The District Court dismissed Count Four, and the jury acquitted defendant of Count Three.

Among the grounds urged for reversal is the familiar one that the Court erred in denying defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal. The...

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