Abraham Robert Ayash, Also Known as Robert Crail v. United States

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Ayash, appeals from his conviction on a 3-count indictment charging him with willfully and knowingly making and subscribing false income tax returns for the calendar years 1957 and 1958, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1), and with willfully and knowingly failing to make and file an income tax return for the year 1959, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203.

Ayash first contends that the trial court’s extensive examination of both prosecution and defense witnesses deprived him of a fair and impartial trial. The trial Judge is not a mere moderator or umpire in…