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ST. PIERRE v. UNITED STATES

No. 687.

319 U.S. 41 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 910

87 L.Ed. 1199

ST. PIERRE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 3, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward V. Broderick, with whom Messrs. S. Bertram Friedman and Joseph H. Broderick were on the brief, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Messrs. Robert L. Stern and Oscar A. Provost and Misses Melva M. Graney and Beatrice Rosenberg were on the brief, for the United States.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, who it is alleged had in his testimony before a federal grand jury confessed to the commission of the crime of embezzlement, refused to divulge the name of the person whose money he had embezzled. For the refusal the district court sentenced him to five months' imprisonment for contempt of court, and the circuit court of appeals affirmed the judgment. 132 F.2d 837. We granted certiorari, 318 U.S. 751, on a...

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