United States v. William G. Le Pera

CURTIS, District Judge:

The appellant appeals from his conviction of aiding and abetting counterfeiting and conspiring to commit counterfeiting, after trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

He first contends that the trial court erred in denying his pre-trial motion to dismiss the indictment, or in the alternative to remand the cause to the commissioner for a proper pre-trial hearing. Appellant was arrested June 27, 1969. He says that although he insisted upon an early preliminary hearing and several dates were set, there were numerous continuances…