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UNITED STATES v. McSURELY

Nos. 24812, 24813.

473 F.2d 1178 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Alan McSURELY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, v. Margaret McSURELY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., with whom Miss Nancy Stearns, Newark, N. J. (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellants. Mr. Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, Va., was also on the brief for appellants.

Messrs. John E. Drury, III, and Stephen W. Grafman, Asst. U. S. Attys., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEWS, U. S. Senior District Judge for the District of Columbia.

MATTHEWS, Senior District Judge:

On June 26, 1970, before a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Alan and Margaret McSurely (husband and wife), the appellants herein, were each found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress.1 Imprisonment terms were imposed upon them. These convictions provide the basis for their appeals.

The alleged contempts of which appellants were convicted occurred before...

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