Daly v. United States

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by John W. Daly from a judgment imposing upon him a sentence of imprisonment for one year upon conviction of the offense of criminal contempt. The case is one of several, arising out of a federal grand jury investigation of the Brink's robbery in Boston on January 17, 1950, which we heard together, because the various appeals had a common background and involved certain related issues. 1 See Carlson v. United States, No. 4732, 1 Cir., 209 F.2d 209, for our main opinion in this group of cases.

On December 17, 1952, Daly appeared under summons as a witness…