United States v. Knowles

RIZLEY, District Judge.

Opinion

It is charged by indictment in fifty-eight counts that the defendant, Mary Knowles, in contempt of the lawful powers of Congress, refused to answer certain questions propounded to her by members and counsel of the Subcommittee on Internal Security of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate while the defendant was under oath and appearing as a witness pursuant to lawful summons issued under the authority of the United States Senate.

The parties to this cause have stipulated that:

“On July 29,1955, and on September 15, 1955, in Washington, D.C.,…