United States v. Delbert Null

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Delbert Null was tried before a jury and convicted on both counts of a two-count indictment charging that he had violated 26 U.S.C.A. § 7206(1) by wil-fully subscribing to individual income tax returns for the years 1960 and 1961, which he knew to contain material misstatements of fact. 1 We affirm.

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Defendant asserts several errors in his trial. First, he claims that the district judge improperly permitted the prosecutor to cross-examine two of defendant’s character witnesses. On direct examination, these witnesses were asked if they knew what defendant’s “reputation in…