WELLS v. UNITED STATES

No. 10079.

124 F.2d 334 (1941)

WELLS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Selvie W. Wells, in pro. per., Alcatraz Island, Cal., for appellant.

Ben F. Foster, U. S. Atty., of San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON and HOLMES, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to an indictment in four counts charging the robbery of a bank in violation of the federal statute. 48 Stat. 783, 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b. The counts charged (1) forcible robbery of a state bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under 12 U.S.C.A. § 264, by force and violence and putting in fear; (2) assault upon a person in the commission of the offense; (3) robbery of the bank by putting...

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