United States v. Bennett

HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.

Defendants, indicted for violation of various criminal penal statutes, claim right to relief under Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, demanding that defendants be furnished a list of witnesses the United States intends to call on trial of the cause. There is no claim defendants do not know the nature and contents of the charges.1 In fact, at the hearing of July 29, 1964 in Columbia, South Carolina, counsel for defendants admitted defendants’ knowledge of the course of conduct or dealing relied upon by the United States in pursuing the matter. Defendants…