United States v. Shapiro

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction upon four counts of an indictment for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, §§ 1, 2, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1 and 2, with respect to interstate commerce in fur skins. The appeal assigned certain errors in the trial itself, as well as error in the sentence imposed upon the accused after his conviction.

The errors assigned as to the conduct of the trial do not appear to be substantial. Chief reliance is placed upon the failure of the court to declare a mistrial when the prosecutor in summation said: “I call your attention to the fact…