United States v. Mascuch

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted of violating the fede'ral statute against perjury, 18 U.S.C.A. § 231, by giving false testimony during his examination under oath in an investigation conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On each of the two counts of the indictment the sentence imposed was imprisonment for two years and a fine of $2,000, the prison sentences to run concurrently.

Each count contained several assignments of perjury and the jury was instructed that to sustain a verdict of guilt on either count they need only be satisfied as to one of the…