Legal Opinion
United States v. Cross
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 17, 1959No. Crim. 908-58PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEECH, District Judge.
When we recessed this trial yesterday evening, I took under advisement a motion by the defendant for a judgment of acquittal on the ground that the Government has failed to prove two essential elements of the offense of perjury here charged, namely, that the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field was sitting as a “competent tribunal” at the time of the alleged false testimony by the defendant and that the alleged false testimony was a “material matter”, within the purview of 18 U.S.C. § 1621. Prior to the defendant’s motion the…
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- Eisler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by19 opinions
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