Leroy Mobley v. United States

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Leroy Mobley, a Negro, was indicted, tried and convicted of robbery, theft, assault and murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. On March 8, 1965, at about 10:00 p. m., two Negro males kidnapped Thomas E. Woodruff, president of the Exchange Bank of Unadilla, Georgia, at gunpoint, from the driveway of his home. They drove him to the bank, ordering him to open the vault, from which they robbed the bank of- $3,778. When they ordered Mr. Woodruff to open the inner portion of the vault, he told them that he could not do so because the time lock would not open…