Silverfarb v. United States

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

Defendant was convicted on two informations for violating the Emergency Price Control Act.1 Each information charged that he had sold a sack of onions at a price above the maximum ceiling.

The principal testimony on behalf of the Government was given by a witness who had actually made the purchase. To corroborate this testimony the Government introduced evidence that the witness had been searched both prior to the sale and immediately afterwards by an investigator for the Office of Price Administration. At the first search the amount of money which the witness had on…