The United States of America v. John Joseph Killian

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted on both-counts of a two-count indictment charging violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1001.1 *79This section is incorporated by reference in the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 159(h).2 The indictment charged defendant made false statements to a Government Agency, namely, the National Labor Relations Board, in a matter within the jurisdiction of that Board.

On December 9, 1952, defendant executed an affidavit of a noncommunist union officer. The form and -wording of the face of the affidavit appears in the margin.3

The first two instructions on the reverse…