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WHEATLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 5530.

159 F.2d 599 (1946)

WHEATLEY v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

December 31, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob S. Hyer, of Elkins, W. Va., for appellant.

Joe V. Gibson, U. S. Atty., of Kingwood, W. Va. (Wayne T. Brooks, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Clarksburg, W. Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant in this case was sentenced to prison for twenty-four years after a verdict of guilty upon an indictment which charged that he "unlawfully seized, kidnapped and held Denzil Wilson, for the purpose of forcing him, the said Denzil Wilson, to furnish transportation for him, the said Richard Lawrence Wheatley, from Newell, West Virginia, to East Liverpool, Ohio, and transported him, the said Denzil Wilson from Newell, West Virginia,...

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