United States v. Shelton

RIZLEY, District Judge.

It is charged by indictment in three .counts that the defendant, Robert Shelton, in contempt of the lawful powers of Congress and contrary to law 1 , refused on January 6, 1956, to answer certain pertinent questions propounded to him by the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security 2 while under oath and appearing as a witness to testify in connection with an inquiry then being conducted by the Subcommittee pursuant to lawful authority.

It is the Government’s position that the Subcommittee, while in the lawful exercise of the powers and duties conferred upon it by the…