UNITED STATES v. SING KEE

No. 90, Docket 24624.

250 F.2d 236 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. SING KEE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1957.

Writ of Certiorari Denied March 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Menahem Stim, New York City (Allen S. Stim, Norman L. Kee and Curran, Mahoney, Cohn & Stim, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Gerard L. Goettel and Arthur B. Kramer, Asst. U. S. Attys., Southern District of New York, New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied March 3, 1958. See 78 S.Ct. 538.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal turns on whether it was error for the government to cross-examine defendant's witness Samuel Waterman to disclose that he had asserted the shield of the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering certain questions put to him before the grand jury. We hold that in the setting of this case the cross-examination was proper and accordingly we affirm the conviction.

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