Brown v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Erom judgments for contempt of court, entered at the instance of the United States against John A. Brown and Aileen Christopher, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
These writs of error assail judgments for contempt of court, under which Brown was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for 70 days and Mrs. Christopher for 30.
On several occasions in late November and early December, 1910, Mrs. Christopher and Brown as her attorney were before the grand jury as witnesses in an anti-trust investigation. On December 8th the grand jury reported in writing to the court that these witnesses had refused to produce certain papers, including four Hittell checks. Thereupon the court entered an order requiring them to appear and answer on…
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