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UNITED STATES v. DEUTCH

Cr. No. 1152-54.

147 F.Supp. 89 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Bernhard DEUTCH, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Goodrich, Washington, D. C., and Henry W. Sawyer, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for the motion.

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty. and William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., opposed.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is a trial by the court of an indictment for contempt of Congress, a trial by jury having been waived by the defendant.

The defendant is charged with unlawfully refusing to answer questions which were propounded to him as a witness by the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives. There are five questions involved in this indictment, which will be mentioned subsequently. The defendant took the position...

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