# Jury verdict, United States v. Alphonse Capone (17 October 1931)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-628966-capone-verdict-1931/

The signed jury verdict: not guilty on indictment 22852, guilty on counts one, five, nine, thirteen and eighteen of indictment 23232, returned before Judge Wilkerson on 17 October 1931.

The National Archives catalogs this as "Al Capone's Guilty Verdict." It is a typed form in United States vs. Alphonse Capone, Nos. 22852 and 23232 consolidated, District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The counts are filled in by hand:

> We, the Jury find the Defendant NOT GUILTY as charged in Indictment No. 22852 and we find the Defendant GUILTY on Counts one-five-nine-thirteen and eighteen and NOT GUILTY on Counts 2-3-4-6-7-8-10-11-12-14-15-16-17-19-20-21-22 Indictment No. 23232.

Twelve jurors signed below. Their handwritten names are not transcribed here. The second page, the endorsement, reads "Verdict Returned in open Court before Judge Wilkerson Oct 17, 1931." The image stored with this page is the first page, downloaded from the catalog during research on 11 October 2026.

Counts 1, 5 and 9 charged attempted evasion of tax for 1925, 1926 and 1927; counts 13 and 18 charged failure to file returns, which the Seventh Circuit's 1932 opinion places in 1928 and 1929. The sentence on these counts is in the judgment of 24 October 1931.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/628966
- National Archives file unit 1105475, The United States of America v. Alphonse Capone: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1105475