Maurice E. Travis v. United States

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado upon six counts alleging violation of the false statement statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1001.1 The Government dismissed two counts before trial and defendant was found guilty upon each of the remaining counts. The basis of defendant’s conviction lies in the falsity of two “Affidavits of Non-Communist Union Officer” in which he swore he was “not a member of the Communist Party or affiliated with such party.” Each of the affidavits were executed by defendant in Denver, Colorado, and mailed…