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ee tm eS lie ail dharedlcamteiciemmdiele dens oan, erie. dn tte. hoe niente endear NY 100-81752 The United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit on June 1, 1953, granted an extension of time to the defense to October 1 19052, and ruled that the wwe eer te FO Ge wee WwW wesw Government would have sixty days thereafter to file its brief on appeal. On October 5, 1953, the Court of Appeals, titi Circuit granted further extension to November 16, 53. On November 12, 1953, Defense Attorney KAUFMAN applied for and received permission to file & 350 page brief and was granted an extension to November 18, 1953, in which to file this brief. The brief was filed on November 18, 1953, by KAUFMAN and reflected that Attorney HARRY SACHER had assisted in its preparation. The Government brief on appeal was filled on February 11, 1954, with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The argument on appeal was set for April 6, 1954, A gefense motion was filed on March 19, 1954, for continuance of the date set for the argument. on appeal until July 12, 1954, based on two affidavits attesting tnat DELBERT &, METZGER, former District Judge Hawali, and A, L, WIRIN, Los Angeles attorney, were assisting defense counsel on appeal and required additional time to prepare the arguments on appeal. Justices JEROME N, FRANK and THOMAS SWAN, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, ruled on March 20, 1954, that if the appellants could within one week represent to the court that METZGER and WIRIN would appear for the argument on appeal on May 10, 1954, a continuance would be granted to that date. Attorney ROYAL W. FRANCE on March 26, 1954, filed a notice of motion in the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit for permission to file a brief amicus curiae, which application was denied on April 5, 1954.