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IN RE PORTELL

No. 11935.

245 F.2d 183 (1957)

In the Matter of Mary PORTELL. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary PORTELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 4, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris A. Shenker, Sidney M. Glazer, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

C. M. Raemer, U. S. Atty., Edward G. Maag, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and FINNEGAN and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Mary Portell, was subpoenaed under the name of Mary Dunn, to give testimony before a Federal Grand Jury in the Eastern District of Illinois. Appellant was adjudged in contempt by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois for failing to answer a question propounded to her by the grand jury. The Court committed her to the custody of the United States Marshal for imprisonment until she answers the question or...

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