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UNITED STATES v. PECK

Cr. No. 1214-56.

154 F.Supp. 603 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America v. Seymour PECK.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

June 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Telford Taylor, New York City, and Joseph Fanelli, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

The defendant, Seymour Peck, was convicted of "contempt of Congress"1 on March 26, 1957. In view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Watkins v. United States,2 he has moved for judgment of acquittal.3

Seymour Peck is a newspaperman employed by the "New York Times". By the use of compulsory process, the Internal Security...

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