Pietrzak v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted upon an indictment that charged a violation of Title 18, Section 111, of the U.S.Code Annotated. Omitting formal parts, it alleges the interference with and the commission of an assault upon a United States deputy marshal, who was engaged in the performance of his official duties of serving civil process.

The record contains substantial evidence to support the following facts: Deputy Marshal Peeples had made numerous attempts to serve process on Stella and Frank Pietrzak, appellant’s mother and father, but had been unable to do so because the…