United States v. John C. Swann

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

The appellant Swann was indicted in the District of Columbia and tried and convicted there for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503.1 The indictment, in two counts, alleged:

“FIRST COUNT:

“On or about July 6, 1968, within the District of Columbia, John C. Swann, on account of one Pauline Hawkins having theretofore attended and testified as a witness for the United States in a proceeding entitled United States v. John C. Swann, U.S. Commissioner’s Docket No. 30-345, a matter then pending before the United States Commissioner in and for the District of Columbia (which matter is now…