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IN RE FARRELL

No. 79-1518.

611 F.2d 923 (1979)

In re John F. FARRELL, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford J. Ross, Manchester, N. H., for appellant.

Robert T. Kennedy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Concord, N. H., with whom William H. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., Concord, N. H., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of civil contempt imposed on a prospective grand jury witness pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826(a). Appellant, having pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, was asked to testify before a grand jury investigating the importation of a large quantity of marijuana on appellant's boat. Appellant, by his written and oral representations, consistently took the...

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