UNITED STATES v. SACHER

Cr. No. 1216-55.

139 F.Supp. 853 (1956)

UNITED STATES v. Harry SACHER.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

February 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty. for the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

David Rein, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is a motion by the defendant to dismiss an indictment charging him with contempt of Congress in that he unlawfully refused to answer certain pertinent questions propounded by a Congressional Committee, as set forth in the indictment. It is urged that failure to allege that the refusal was willful, deliberate or intentional is a vital defect in the indictment.

There is no doubt that as a matter of proof it is necessary to show...

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