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UNITED STATES v. JONES

Nos. 11520-11522.

392 F.2d 567 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ray JONES, Jr., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Vernon COOPER, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frederick CHILDS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Fath, Alexandria, Va., Court-appointed counsel, for appellants.

Stefan C. Long, Asst. U. S. Atty. (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges, and KELLAM, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Jones, Cooper, and Childs were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury and tried for escape in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a).1 At the trial it was shown that on February 10, 1967, all three defendants were missing from the Lorton Reformatory at 4:00 P.M. On February 11, the defendants were discovered at liberty in Washington, D. C., taken into custody, and returned to confinement in the District of Columbia jail.

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