John Francis Cline v. United States

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

Defendant John Francis Cline was indicted on a charge of robbing by force the federally insured Kellogg Savings Bank of Kellogg, Iowa, on or about February 14, 1967, taking $16,054 in money, and further charging that defendants in committing such act did assault and put in jeopardy the lives of Raymond W. Welle and Pauline Welle by use of dangerous weapons, to wit, pistols, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(d). Gerald George Weir and David Lee Grandstaff were jointly indicted with the defendant upon such charge. 1

Cline, who will hereinafter frequently be referred…