District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania September 14, 1970, Crim. No. 69-67 (United States v. Torquato)

OPINION

WEBER, District Judge.

Defendants, husband and wife, were found guilty after trial by jury of violating the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 by corruptly endeavoring to influence a petit juror who was then sitting in the *848trial of a civil action in this court. The civil case was an F.E.L.A. action of Pry- or v. Monongahela Connecting Railroad.