United States v. Doyle

On August 30, 1954, a grand jury returned an indictment against defendant in two counts, the first of which charged defendant with having willfully attempted to defeat and evade a large part of income tax due and owing by him and his wife for the year 1947 by filing a joint return for that year showing a tax liability of $38,770.01, whereas, it was averred, the defendant knew that the amount due was $59,812.73, more or less, all in violation of the Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, U.S.C. § 145(b), and the second of which charged the same offense for the year 1948, alleging that, whereas the tax return showed due $58,317.24, defendant knew that the true amount was $76,410.86, more or less. After a trial extending from January 11 to January 29, 1955, the jury returned a verdict of guilty upon each count, and defendant was sentenced to a term of 2 years and fined $10,000 on the first count, and to a term of 2 years on the second count, to be served concurrently with the sentence on Count I.