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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