E. Paul Black v. United States

REGISTER, District Judge.

The appellant, E. Paul Black, was charged in a three count indictment with attempting to evade and defeat income tax due and owing by him and his wife to the United States of America for the calendar years 1954 (Count I), 1955 (Count II), and 1956 (Count III), by filing false and fraudulent joint income tax returns, all in violation of Section 7201, Title 26, U.S.C. The sums involved in this litigation, as set out in the appellant’s tax returns and the indictment, are as follows:

Following a trial by jury, appellant was found guilty on all three counts and sentenced to…