United States v. John H. Jansen

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant John Jansen appeals from his conviction by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C. § 111. 1 The two-count indictment against him had charged that he “did forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate and interfere with” two named officers of the Internal Revenue Service while they were engaged in the performance of their official duties.

At 2 p. m. on July 8, 1971, officers Edward Grant and Larry Morris, accom panied by several other IRS employees, went to The Orange Tree Tavern in Chicago to collect $4784 in federal taxes allegedly past due or, in the alternative,…