Legal Opinion
United States v. Dressler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 1940No. 7171PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREANOR, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant was prosecuted upon an indictment charging him with kid-naping, seizing and abducting one Billy S. Hamilton in violation of Sections 408a and 408b of Title 18 U.S.C.A. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the District Court, in accordance with the recommendation of the jury, imposed a sentence of death by electrocution. From the judgment of conviction and sentence the defendant has appealed to this court.
For sometime prior to July.11, 1939, defendant had been confined in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlister, Oklahoma. On the foregoing…
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