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PETITION OF SAWYER

Civ. A. No. 6477.

129 F.Supp. 687 (1955)

Petition of Walter J. SAWYER for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Walter J. SAWYER, Petitioner, v. Max A. BARCZAK, Sheriff, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Wisconsin, E. D.

January 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl R. Becker, Milwaukee, Wis., Warren Magee, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for petitioner.

Vernon W. Thomson, Atty. Gen., William A. Platz, Asst. Atty. Gen., William J. McCauley, Dist. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Herbert L. Mount, Sp. Prosecutor, Milwaukee, Wis., for respondent.

DUFFY, Acting District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is a Milwaukee automobile dealer who was convicted in a Wisconsin State court of violation of § 346.06, Wisconsin Statutes. The charge was that he gave Albert J. Krause, then a Milwaukee alderman, a discount on a 1949 Buick automobile, said discount amounting to about $600 (Count 1), and $3,000 in cash (Count 2), with the intention of influencing Krause's judgment and official...

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