Robert G. Baker v. United States

Appellant was convicted on seven counts of a nine-count indictment and sentenced to concurrent terms of one to three years on each count. The convictions were for wilfully attempting to evade payment of federal income taxes 1 (Counts 1, 2); larceny 2 and interstate transportation of fraudulently-obtained funds 3 (Counts 3, 5, 7) ; 4 and assisting another to falsify his federal income tax return 5 and conspiring to defraud the Government and defeat collection of taxes 6 (Counts 8, 9).

Count 1 charged that appellant had filed a false and fraudulent return for the year 1961, understating his…