COHEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 22505.

363 F.2d 321 (1966)

Benjamin COHEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Kossman, Philadelphia, Pa., James J. Hogan, Miami Beach, Fla., for appellant.

John B. Jones, Jr., Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Buhrman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Meyer Rothwacks, Joseph M. Howard, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Richard M. Roberts, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was indicted, on two counts, for attempting to evade and defeat income taxes due and owing by him and his wife for the years 1960 and 1961 in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7201.1 The case was submitted to the Court, without a jury, in a trial which lasted fourteen days. Mr. Cohen was acquitted as to 1961, found guilty as to 1960, and sentenced to fine and imprisonment.

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