United States v. Emanuel Lester

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, in a previous civil action brought by Barbera against one Goldstein, had testified that he saw Gold-stein sign a written contract to sell to Barbera 100,000 pounds of metal at $1.-70 per pound. On the basis of this testimony he was indicted for perjury. On the trial below, Goldstein denied that the signature on the purported contract was his and his denial was supported by a handwriting expert of the F. B. I. staff who gave it as his opinion that the purported signature was a forgery.

At the threshold of the appeal is a claim of error based on an alleged…