OPINION.
MURDOCK, Judge:
The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $1,469.09 in income tax of the petitioner for 1946. The only issue is whether the Commissioner erred in disallowing a deduction of $5,763.51, representing attorneys' fees paid in 1946 in the unsuccessful defense of a criminal indictment. The facts have been stipulated.
The petitioner filed his individual return for 1946 with the collector of internal revenue for the district...
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