United States v. Hirsch

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The indictment under which the appellant was convicted charged him with testifying falsely before a grand jury that he lent $5,000 in.the form of cash to one Leo Levy, when in fact he had made no such loan. His appeal is based chiefly on the ground that such false testimony concerned a matter not material to the grand jury’s investigation and therefore does not fall within the statutory definition of the crime of perjury. 18 U.S.C.A. § 231.

The grand jury was conducting an investigation of violations of the Anti-Racketeering Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 420a. Before the appellant was…