Criminal justice act of 1963 Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-eight Congress, first session, on S. 63, to provide for the representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases in the United States district courts; S. 1057, to promote the cause of criminal justice by providing for the representation of defendants who are financially unable to obtain an adequate defense in criminal cases in the courts of the United States. May 13, 20, and 27, 1963