UNITED STATES v. CORTESE

No. 332, Docket 24339.

244 F.2d 872 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles CORTESE and Fred Farro, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. F. Sabbatino, of Sabbatino & Todarelli, New York City (Thomas J. Todarelli, of Sabbatino & Todarelli, New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

John T. Moran, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., and Robert Kirtland, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and SWAN and POPE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The two defendants-appellants here were convicted and sentenced to substantial prison terms on January 24, 1951, for stealing merchandise from an interstate shipment of motor freight. They were sent to the Federal Detention Headquarters in New York City, which, because of its limited facilities, does not retain prisoners for service of sentence, though prisoners not electing to serve pending appeal are allowed to remain there. On May 15, 1951, the record...

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