United States Ex Rel. Samuel D. Carthan v. Sheriff, City of New York

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is under sentence of imprisonment for .criminal contempt of court, imposed by the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of Kings for refusal to produce income tax returns requested by the Grand Jury. The sentence was affirmed by the Appel late Division and a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed. Leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied. Appellant thereupon petitioned the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court, Walter Bruchhausen, District Judge, denied…