Newell Chilton Sells v. United States

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Sells was charged with making and using a false “Affidavit of Noncommunist Union Officer” in violation of the false statement statute. 1 23The jury found him guilty under each of the two counts of the indictment and he was sentenced to a term of two years’ imprisonment under each count, the sentences to run concurrently. Also, he was adjudged guilty of contempt of court for failure to answer certain questions when he testified in his own behalf and for this offense he was sentenced to thirty days. The contempt sentence was to run consecutively with the indictment…