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DURANT v. HIATT

No. 2289.

81 F.Supp. 948 (1948)

DURANT v. HIATT, Warden.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

December 10, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce F. Woodruff, of Woodruff & Etheridge, all of Atlanta, Ga., and Hugh H. Obear, of Douglas, Obear & Campbell, all of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

J. Ellis Mundy, U. S. Atty., Harvey H. Tisinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Eugene Ferry Smith, Colonel, J. A. G. D. Third Army Judge Advocate, all of Atlanta, Ga., and Nicholas R. Voorhis, Lt. Colonel, J. A. G. D., Office of Judge Advocate General, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

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...

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