CLARK v. UNITED STATES

No. 13436.

193 F.2d 294 (1951)

CLARK v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. A. Walker, Jacob Walker, Jr., Opelika, Ala., for appellant.

E. Burns Parker, U. S. Atty., Ben Hardeman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, STRUM and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


STRUM, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a police officer of the City of Lafayette, Alabama, was convicted upon an indictment charging that in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 242, while acting under color of the laws of Alabama and ordinances of said city, he willfully subjected Willie B. Carlisle to a deprivation of civil rights and immunities secured to said Carlisle by the Fourteenth Amendment.1 Appellant asserts, amongst other things, that...

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