Rapp

Appellant Marcia Rapp, also known as Sally Stanford, appeals from a judgment holding her guilty of six acts of criminal contempt in charging and receiving from six tenants of a dwelling owned by her at 829 Bush Street, San Francisco, rentals of $75 per month each, whereas their rent had been $55 per month each, as determined by a Rent Regulation for Housing, issued pursuant to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 as amended, 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix § 901 et seq., each in violation of a preliminary injunction of the District Court restraining her from making such charges. The case was tried without a jury. On each of three of the violations she was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment, the sentences to run concurrently. On three others she was fined $500 each, a total of $1,500.

The violated injunction was issued in an action in that court and served on appellant. Its validity is not questioned here, nor is the collecting of the $75 per month rents by appellant’s agents.

The court was advised of eight claimed violations of the injunction by a request for prosecution by the Price Administrator detailing them under the letters A to H, inclusive, and by the affidavit of William R.…