United States v. Scheetz

STECKLER, Chief Judge.

The defendant in this case has been charged by way of grand jury indictment with the violation of Title 26 United States Code, § 7201. The indictment is in three counts, and charges that the defendant wilfully and knowingly attempted to evade and defeat a large part of the income tax due and owing by him to the United States of America, for the calendar years 1956, 1957, and 1958, by filing and causing to be filed a false and fraudulent income tax return for each of such years. The indictment was returned, or found, on August 15, 1963. Following the arraignment, within…