UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

No. 126, Docket 25245.

261 F.2d 809 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert G. THOMPSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Kaufman, New York City, for appellant.

Joseph P. Altier, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D.N.Y., New York City (Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., and Mark F. Hughes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WATERMAN, Circuit Judge, and GALSTON, District Judge.


CLARK, Chief Judge.

Appellant is one of the four defendants who fled from the jurisdiction upon the affirmance in Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494, 71 S.Ct. 857, 95 L.Ed. 1137, of their convictions for conspiracy to violate the Smith Act. The first of these defendants to be apprehended was Hall, who was seized in Texas in a few months and found guilty by Judge Ryan of a criminal contempt, United States v. Hall, D.C.S.D.N.Y.,

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