Leo Vitello v. United States

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the crime of perjury1 in connection with certain testimony given before a grand jury. The indictment charged appellant with perjury in three particulars; first, in falsely swearing that he never placed a bet with any bookmaker in the United States other than a Mr. Harrison; second, in falsely swearing that he did not know Charles Otis Spencer; and, third, in falsely swearing that he never placed a bet with Ruth Hughes. We affirm.

Although there are a few minor disputes, the following is a fair statement of the evidence on which the…