Legal Opinion
Durant v. Hiatt
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 10, 1948No. 2289PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, District Judge.
The petitioner, Jack W. Durant, was tried and convicted by a general court martial of the charge of violation of the 93rd Article of War, 10 U.S.C.A, § 1565, in that he did in conjunction with others named, feloniously take and steal from Kronberg Castle, Germany, numerous articles of jewelry and other personal property, including crown jewels in large quantity and of great value. He was sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years, but this was later commuted to fourteen years and he is now confined at the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta.
The petitioner sets up numerous…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hironimus v. DurantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- McRae v. HenkesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
3Cited by5 opinions
- Kronberg v. Hale, Major GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Duval v. HumphreyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- Kronberg v. WhiteDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1949
- United States Ex Rel. Toth v. QuarlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States Ex Rel. Toth v. QuarlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955