Shockley v. United States

BONE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were, at all times herein’mentioned, prisoners lawfully confined in the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz Island, California. (See footnote 5.) They appeal from a conviction before a jury upon an indictment charging them in one count with the crime of first degree murder. Omitting formalities, the indictment reads as follows:

“(18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 253; 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 452; Murder of Employee of United States Penal Institution.)

The Grand Jury charges:

On or about the 2nd day of May, 1946, at the United States Penitentiary, at Alcatraz Island, California, a place…