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UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 9563.

167 F.2d 228 (1948)

UNITED STATES v. DAVIS et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 24, 1948.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 14, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oliver O. Dibble, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., and John C. Conliff, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, submitted on the brief for appellant.

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., submitted on the brief for appellee Davis.

Mr. H. Clifford Allder, of Washington, D. C., submitted on the record for appellee Sanderlin.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justices.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 14, 1948. See 68 S.Ct. 1501.

CLARK, Associate Justice.

Appellees were members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. During the early morning hours of April 3, 1946, they were on duty as police officers assigned as guards in the death cell of the Washington Asylum and Jail, with instructions to guard four men confined there who were awaiting execution following conviction for murder in the first degree...

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