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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg — Part 2
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have been amply susftetent for thts purpose....The offidavite be
solely on the credibility of Ate teatimony and that tssue was Pr
erly aubattted to the trfal jury for dectsten.” - .
Regarding the teatinony of Ben Schnetder, Judge swan
satd, "Judge Ryan woe correct in ruling that there was not the
slightest evidence that Schnesder 's testimony was tntenttionally
Jfalee and that tn any event tt wae on an {mmatertal potnt, eBoy
tdenti fication of the Rosenbergs ces persone whoae Piletures he ha
taken, since the Rosenbergs had not dented that they might have
gone to Ale shop for that purpose, although: Jultus Rosenberg
eategortcally tnsisted that they were not passport pictures.”
With regard to the defendanta’ claim that the informat
transmitted should not have bean classified "secret," Judge Swan
atated, "The petitionersa'nezt potnt is that thetr conviction sho
be set aside because one tten of information classified as secre
which they were charged with hautnug conspired to transaft to
Ruseta, was so generally known that tronemttting {t woe act for
bidden by the Esptonage Act. This natter was ther oughly discuss
by Judge Ryan. We have nothing te add to kts eptnton ezcept to
aay that United States y. Hetne, a Cire, 151 FP. (2D), 818, upon
which the appellants rely fa se ) ats ferent | in tte foots as to be
completely tnappestte.® .
As to the questions advanced by defendant Morton Sobel.
that he should have been tried under the treason clause af the
Constitutton rother than the Leptonage Act, Judge Swan opined,
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