CLINTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 17105.

260 F.2d 824 (1958)

Homer Richard CLINTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer Richard Clinton, in pro. per.

William B. West, III, U. S. Atty., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Cavett S. Binion, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant's motion to vacate a sentence to life imprisonment following his conviction under the Federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201(a). The ground for the motion to vacate is that the indictment on which appellant was tried and convicted failed to allege all the ingredients of the crime as set out in the statute. The indictment was in the following language:

"did unlawfully and knowingly transport...

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