Legal Opinion
Edward S. Canton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1955No. 15262PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Edward S. Canton, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was found guilty by a jury on a charge by information of violating 26 U.S.C. § 145(b), by filing or causing to be filed a fraudulent income tax return for the year 1947. He appeals from the denial of his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and from final judgment and sentence on the guilty verdict.
Defendant, who was 53 years of age at the time of the trial, is a high school graduate, and has had one year of college education and a short course at a business school. After…
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- Commissioner v. JacobsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Herbert F. Lessmann and Mildred Lessmann v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Herbert F. Lessmann v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Clarence A. Zacher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
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