United States v. Di Carlo

McNAMEE, District Judge.

Defendant was charged in an indictment containing eight counts with violating Title 2, Section 192 U.S.C.A., in refusing to answer pertinent questions put to him as a witness before a sub-committee of a special committee of the United States Senate at Cleveland, Ohio on January 19, 1951.

Waiving his right to a trial by jury, defendant submitted the case on its merits to the court. Preceding the submission of the case, defendant moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that because of the absence of a quorum there was no meeting of a duly authorized sub-committee of…