Decker v. United States

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Decker (hereinafter called Decker), in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, was convicted under the second count of an indictment charging a violation of Section 403(e) of the Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act of 1942, 56 Stat. 246, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 1191 (e). Decker was executive vice president and general manager of Triumph Explosives, Incorporated, (hereinafter called Triumph), a war contractor. The specific *376charge was that Decker, in that capacity, knowingly furnished to the Secretary of the Navy a statement of…