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BRADEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 17705.

272 F.2d 653 (1959)

Carl BRADEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Coe, Pensacola, Fla., Conrad J. Lynn, Leonard B. Boudin, New York City, C. Ewbank Tucker, Louisville, Ky., for appellant. Victor Rabinowitz, New York City, of counsel.

J. Robert Sparks, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charles D. Read, Jr., Acting U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Carl Braden, was convicted of each of the six counts of an indictment charging contempt of Congress under 2 U.S.C.A. § 192,1 arising from his refusal to answer certain questions at a hearing of a Subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives. He has appealed from the conviction.

Complying with a subpoena, the appellant appeared before the Subcommittee...

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