United States v. George Sam Magin

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant was indicted and tried before a jury for alleged violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1621, 1 by the giving of false testimony before a grand jury. Defendant was found guilty as to Counts I and II of the indictment, and not guilty as to Count III.

Proof in this case showed that the defendant, Magin, Frank Wortman and Elmer Dowling had been interested together in certain enterprises from 1951 to 1955, inclusive. These ventures and the respective interests therein, will now be described.

In 1951, there was in operation in southern Illinois, a gambling venture known as the…