Sidney Norman Brilliant v. United States

GRAVEN, Senior District Judge.

The appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence imposed upon him following a trial and verdict of guilty by a jury under an indictment in one count. The appellant was sentenced to fifteen months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $500. On October 11, 1960, a Grand Jury for the Eastern District of Missouri returned the following indictment:

"The Grand Jury charges:

“That on or about August 20,1959, at St. Louis, Missouri, within the Eastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri,

“Sidney Norman Brilliant

did make, pass, utter and publish and…