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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 26829, 26830.

424 F.2d 344 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James W. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edwin Smith, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Morton L. Susman, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, Malcolm R. Dimmitt, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Jonathan S. Cohen, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Arthur F. Mathews, Stephen E. Gehring, Larry B. Grimes, Paul H. Metzinger, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for appellee.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

James W. Williams appeals from two judgments of conviction in closely related criminal cases. Williams was formerly Chairman of the Board of Westec,1 and both criminal prosecutions were precipitated by the financial collapse of Westec which resulted in suspension of its stock from trading on the American Stock Exchange on August 26, 1966, and one month later in an order appointing...

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