United States v. Jaworski

NEVILLE, District Judge.

Defendant is charged in a four-count indictment under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 with attaching a device to the telephone wires of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company referred to as a “blue box”, which when properly attached and operated, emits and sends forth certain electronic sounds or frequencies which activate the company’s long-distance telephonic mechanisms. The knowledgeable use of such device enables a person to make long-distance telephone calls to various parts of the world, circumventing the telephone company’s billing equipment. Defendant is charged with making…