TARAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 15950.

266 F.2d 561 (1959)

Samuel H. TARAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Graff, St. Paul, Minn. (A. Jerome Hoffmann and Hoffmann, Donahue, Graff, Schultz & Springer, St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellant.

Clifford Janes, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Paul, Minn. (Fallon Kelly, U. S. Atty., and Kenneth G. Owens, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN, VAN OOSTERHOUT and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury, on each of the two counts in an indictment, of having violated 18 U.S.C. § 1505.

In general, § 1505 serves a purpose in the administrative field similar to that of §§ 1503 and 1504 in the judicial field. The part of it that is here pertinent deals with contaminations of, or endeavors to contaminate, the administration of the law involved "in any proceeding pending before any...

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