Delbert Wayne Wells v. United States

The indictment in this case, drawn under 18 U.S.C. § 2114, charged that appellant did rob, steal, and purloin from a named postmaster, a specified sum of money which was the property of the United States; and that in effecting the robbery, appellant put in jeopardy the life of the postmaster. A motion was filed in the case to vacate, set aside, or correct the judgment and sentence. The motion was denied and this appeal was perfected from the order of denial.

It is urged that the judgment should have been vacated for the reason that appellant was improperly seized and restrained for a period of…