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BLACKMER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 200 and 201.

284 U.S. 421 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 252

76 L.Ed. 375

BLACKMER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 15, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George Gordon Battle and Karl C. Schuyler, with whom Messrs. Eugene D. Millikin, Frederick DeC. Faust, and Charles F. Wilson were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Atlee Pomerene, with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Frank Harrison were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Harry M. Blackmer, a citizen of the United States resident in Paris, France, was adjudged guilty of contempt of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for failure to respond to subpoenas served upon him in France and requiring him to appear as a witness on behalf of the United States at a criminal trial in that court. Two subpoenas were issued...

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