UNITED STATES v. KNOWLES

Crim. No. 1211-56.

148 F.Supp. 832 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America v. Mary KNOWLES.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

January 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Henry Sawyer, III, Philadelphia, Pa., and George H. Goodrich, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


RIZLEY, District Judge.

Opinion

It is charged by indictment in fifty-eight counts that the defendant, Mary Knowles, in contempt of the lawful powers of Congress, refused to answer certain questions propounded to her by members and counsel of the Subcommittee on Internal Security of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate while the defendant was under oath and appearing as a witness pursuant to lawful summons issued under the authority...

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