Horace Chandler Davis v. United States

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The appellant was indicted under a twenty-six count indictment for contempt of Congress in violation of Sec. 192, Title 2 U.S.Code. He was tried by the Court without a jury. The District Judge treated the twenty-six counts as charging only one offense, made a finding of guilty, and imposed a fine of $250.-00 and imprisonment for a period of six months. Judgment was stayed pending this appeal.

Appellant had been a student at Harvard College from 1942 to 1945 and had received his B. S. degree therefrom. He received the degree of Ph. D. from Harvard…