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UNITED STATES v. POWELL

No. 35065.

171 F.Supp. 202 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. John William POWELL, Sylvia Campbell Powell, and Julian Schuman, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

February 3, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Schnacke, U. S. Atty., James B. Schnake, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Charles R. Garry, Doris Brin Walker, San Francisco, Cal., A. L. Wirin, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

GOODMAN, Chief Judge.

The indictment in this case charged the three defendants with conspiracy to violate the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 2388,1 and the defendant, John Powell, with substantive violations of the same statute. By its terms, § 2388 provides that it shall apply within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and on the high seas, as well as within the United States.

During the trial, the...

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