United States v. E. L. Markham, Jr.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, E. L. Markham, Jr., was convicted after jury trial under an indictment charging him in a single count with violation of Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001. The indictment was based upon the prosecution by appellant of a patent application before the United States Patent Office, the charge being essentially that Markham attempted to conceal from the Patent Office the true inventor of the process for which a patent was sought.

Three purported errors of the trial court are urged on appeal. Markham asserts that the court erred (1) in denying defendant’s motion to…