United States v. Samuel Andrew Lindstrom, Jr., United States of America v. Samuel Andrew Lindstrom, Sr.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Samuel Andrew Lind-strom, Senior, and Samuel Andrew Lind-strom, Junior, were found guilty by a jury in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of wilfully and knowingly attempting to defeat and evade income tax -for the years 1947, 1949 and 1950 in violation of section 145 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, 26 U.S.C.A. § 145(b). They both moved for judgments of acquittal in the District Court which were denied. Each has appealed to this court asserting that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s finding of wilful…