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SCHOWERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11836.

215 F.2d 764 (1954)

SCHOWERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Josiah Lyman, Washington, D. C., with whom Mrs. Kathryn M. Schwarz, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Silver Spring, Md., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Lewis A. Carroll, and Paul F. Leonard, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. William J. Peck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at time record was filed, entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Jack H. Schowers and Raymond Thomas, jointly indicted for armed robbery, were found guilty by a jury. Schowers appeals on the sole ground that a written confession signed by him had been extorted from him by physical brutality and psychological coercion, and was therefore erroneously received in evidence.

The robbery took place at Greystone Cleaners, 1314 21st Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia, in the early afternoon...

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