McDonald v. Hudspeth

HOPKINS, District Judge.

The action is one in habeas corpus, one much out -of the ordinary. To the writer of this opinion, it appears that the petitioner Cassius McDonald might be likened to one near a whirlpool who was engulfed by swirling waters. He was indicted with the Bremer kidnappers. He was tried with two other defendants who had participated in the enterprise from its very formation, but guilt of the petitioner was claimed by the Government only on the ground that he entered into the conspiracy months after the kidnapping and for the purpose of exchanging some of the ransom money. In…