United States v. Cohn

BONSAL, District Judge.

This case was first tried before Judge Dawson and a jury, and while the jury was deliberating a mistrial was declared on April 19, 1964 due to the death of the father of one of the jurors.

The conspiracy count (Count One of the indictment), which alleged that the two defendants, Cohn and Gottesman, had conspired to commit perjury and to obstruct justice, was dismissed by' Judge Dawson “as a matter of law” just before the case went to the jury at the end of the first trial. This was the only count asserted against both, defendants. Retrial has been scheduled for June 9,…