United States v. Rosenberg

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The seven defendants herein were convicted under the usual conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 88, of conspiring to export platinum without a license, in violation of Presidential Proclamation 2413, 54 Stat. 2712, 3 CFR, Cum.Supp., 164, issued pursuant to Section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1940, 54 Stat. 714, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 701. They were indicted with two others, of whom one eventually pleaded guilty and became a witness for the prosecution at the trial, and the other obtained a severance. These defendants demurred to the indictment on several grounds, of which those…