UNITED STATES v. LESTER

No. 267, Docket 24395.

248 F.2d 329 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Emanuel LESTER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Tompkins, New York City (Herbert Edelhertz, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

George C. Mantzoros, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D. of New York, New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., and Robert Kirtland, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MEDINA, HINCKS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, in a previous civil action brought by Barbera against one Goldstein, had testified that he saw Goldstein sign a written contract to sell to Barbera 100,000 pounds of metal at $1.70 per pound. On the basis of this testimony he was indicted for perjury. On the trial below, Goldstein denied that the signature on the purported contract was his and his denial was supported by a handwriting expert of the F. B. I. staff who gave it as...

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