J. Monroe Dunn v. United States

GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

J. Monroe Dunn appeals from a conviction and sentence under a two count indictment charging willful attempts to evade his income tax for the calendar years 1955 and 1956. 1

The Government contends that Dunn, who was then Mayor of the City of Baxley, Georgia, received funds from the City of Baxley and from contractors and suppliers performing work and furnishing goods to Baxley, Appling County and the City of Surrency, which he did not report for the years involved. 2 The Government claims that the unreported funds were received by Dunn in the form of “kickbacks” or for…