UNITED STATES v. ABEL

No. 331, Docket 24968.

258 F.2d 485 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rudolph Ivanovich ABEL, also known as "Mark" and also known as Martin Collins and Emil R. Goldfus, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1958.

Certiorari Granted October 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Donovan, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Arnold G. Fraiman, New York City, Thomas M. Debevoise, II, Woodstock, Vt., of counsel), for appellant.

William F. Tompkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., Harold D. Koffsky, Kevin T. Maroney, Bruce J. Terris, Philip R. Monahan, James J. Featherstone, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Granted October 13, 1958. See 79 S.Ct. 59.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

On August 7, 1957 a grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment charging the appellant, Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, with having conspired to violate the espionage laws of the United States. Specifically, the indictment charged Abel with having conspired (1) to violate 18 U.S.C. § 794 (a) by communicating information concerning the national defense of the...

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