McDONALD v. HUDSPETH

No. 525.

41 F.Supp. 182 (1941)

McDONALD v. HUDSPETH, Warden.

District Court, D. Kansas, First Division.

April 19, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Rhodes, of Kansas City, Mo., for petitioner.

S. S. Alexander, U. S. Atty., and Homer Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Topeka, Kan., for the government.


HOPKINS, District Judge.

The action is one in habeas corpus, one much out of the ordinary. To the writer of this opinion, it appears that the petitioner Cassius McDonald might be likened to one near a whirlpool who was engulfed by swirling waters. He was indicted with the Bremer kidnappers. He was tried with two other defendants who had participated in the enterprise from its very formation, but guilt of the petitioner was claimed by the Government only on the ground...

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