Frank Releford v. United States

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Frank Releford appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of a violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421. Six errors are specified, one being that he was deprived of counsel of his own choice.

Some time after the indictment was returned against him, Releford retained attorney Wendell P. Kay to represent him. The case was originally set for trial at Anchorage, Alaska, on April 28, 1958. It was continued on motion of appellant to Monday, May 19, 1958. Prior to the date of trial Kay was hospitalized in Seattle,…