United States v. Peck

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

The defendant, Seymour Peck, was convicted of “contempt of Congress” 1 on March 26, 1957. In view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Watkins v. United States, 2 he has moved for judgment of acquittal. 3

Seymour Peck is a newspaperman employed by the “New York Times”. By the use of compulsory process, the Internal Security Subcommittee of the United States Senate required Peck to appear as a witness before it. He freely answered all questions concerning his own activities, frankly admitted his past Communist affiliations, explained the…