CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. GURDANE

No. 6684.

59 F.2d 161 (1932)

CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. GURDANE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 23, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin P. Werner, City Atty., Frederick Von Schrader, Asst. City Atty., and Joseph T. Watson, Deputy City Atty., all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Hewitt, McCormick & Crump, of Los Angeles, Cal. (Leslie R. Hewitt and Roy W. Colegate, both of Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for appellees.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges.


SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.

This was an action brought by the appellees to enforce collection of a reward of $10,000 offered by the city of Los Angeles for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons directly implicated in either the kidnapping or the murder of Marion Parker, a 12-year old school girl of Los Angeles. On December 22, 1927, the appellees apprehended William Edward Hickman near Echo, Or. Hickman later was surrendered to the state agent of California...

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