United States v. Hornstein

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court entered on the verdict of a jury finding the defendant guilty on three counts of an indictment charging him with wilfully attempting to defeat and evade-payment of his income taxes for the calendar years 1941, 1942, and 1943. The-court imposed a general sentence of imprisonment for a period of three years.

During the years covered by the indictment defendant was engaged in the business of buying and selling diamonds and' jewelry. In 1941 and 1942 he operated as-the Interstate Diamond Brokers in Chicago,, Illinois, and…