Vernon C. Burke v. United States

EAST, District Judge.

Jurisdiction

On March 27, 1956, Appellant was duly indicted for the alleged crime of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, in violation of § 65-4-22 of the Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated, 1949. 1 The entire chapter and scene of this cause in the District Court was written and closed, culminating in a jury verdict of guilty and the District Court’s judgment of conviction entered on April 2, 1958, prior to the achievement of statehood by the Territory of Alaska. Appellant appeals from this judgment of conviction. The District Court had (48 U.S.C.A. § 101) and this Court has (28…