UNITED STATES v. SCOTT

No. 12251.

257 F.2d 374 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sanders SCOTT and Edward Copeland, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

July 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl E. Strayhorn, Rogers, Rogers, Strayhorn & Harth, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., William A. Barnett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Robert W. Schafer, Atty. Chief Counsel's Office, I. R. S., (John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Robert W. Schafer, Atty. Chief Counsel's Office, I. R. S., Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MAJOR, HASTINGS and PARKINSON, Circuit Judges.


PARKINSON, Circuit Judge.

Sanders Scott, Edward Copeland and Julian A. Black were tried to a jury on a thirteen count indictment.

Counts I, II and III charged all three defendants with the preparation and presentation of a false and fraudulent partnership return for 1949, 1950 and 1951 in violation of Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 3793 (b) (1). The remaining counts charged each defendant with evading his individual income taxes for the same period and Scott for...

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