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J prosecution does not have to open up its entire case tc the defendant, and the logic behind this theory is self-evident in that it was an honest endeavor by the courts to prevent harassment of Government witnesses by the defendant or those 3%. —- 2 2 acting on his behalf. According to the “Newark News" of September 12, 1955, ZWILLMAN's attorneys were demanding a bill of particulars concerning his tax evasion suit. Federal Judge THOMAS F. MEANEY denied such a request by his attorneys, JOHN E, TOOLAN and MORRIS SHELINSKY, that the Government provide them with a bill of particulars listing the nature, kind, and source of every item, making up what it claims was ZWILLMAN's gross income for the two years. Judge MEANEY sustained the argument of the Assistant United States Attorney that in a Net Worth Theory Case, the prosecution does not know specific sources of a defendant's income, except those reported in the tax return, The following information Was received from local newspapers which gave considerable publicity to the income tax trial of ZWILLMAN: Various motions were presented in connection with this case prior to the start of the trial. One such motion was based on a "rumor" that ZWILLMAN'sS case was discussed by Grand Jury members and others at a lawn party ten days before the indictment was voted. This defense motion Was denied, Other motions were also denied and granted to both sides during the retrial "jockeying." The trial actually got underway Ji after the jury was completed January 18, 1956. During the trial an Internal Revenue agent made the disclosure that ZWILLMAN once agreed to pay $105,000 in additional income taxes rather than disclose the source of some of his tax paid income. No date is known as to when such offer was allegedly made. A representative of Hirsch and Company, a New York brokerage firm which handled the transactions in New York for Manning, Shanley and Company of Newark, New Jersey, revealed some of the stock transactions which the Newark company had handled for ZWILLMAN, Among some of the trans- actions were securities of the Hudson-Manhattan Railroad, Barium Steel, International Telephone and Telegraph, and