United States v. Stanley Joseph Markis

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

Markis appeals from a judgment of the Distict Court for Connecticut convicting him, after trial before Chief Judge Timbers and a jury, on a two-count information under 26 U.S.C. § 7203 of wilful failure to pay the special occupational gambling tax provided in § 4411 and to register as required in § 4412. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a $10,000 fine on the first count and to two years probation on the second. His arguments as to the unconstitutionality of the statutes are dealt with in United States v. Costello, 352 F.2d 848 (2 Cir. 1965). Although…