United States of America, Appellant-Cross v. Gladys Towles Root and George A. Forde, Appellees-Cross

GOODWIN, District Judge:

A trial, sometimes referred to as a “search for the truth”, was held in Unit ed States District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division, resulting in conviction of Joseph Clyde Amsler and John William Irwin for violation of several laws of the United States, one of which was 18 U.S.C. § 1201, which section forbids the interstate transportation of a kidnap victim. This trial started on February 10 and terminated on March 7 of 1964.

The appellees, Root and Forde, were attorneys for Irwin and Amsler and represented them at the trial.

The defendants,…