Stefena Brown v. United States

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a judgment of conviction of criminal contempt rendered by the United States District Court because of appellant’s refusal in a denaturalization proceeding to answer certain questions on cross-examination following her direct testimony as a witness. Her refusal was predicated upon the Fifth Amendment to the Federal Constitution.

The government, April 24, 1953, filed a complaint for cancellation of appellant’s citizenship, alleging that appellant at the time of her registration pursuant to the Alien Registration Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 670, had…