MORSE v. UNITED STATES

No. 17125.

256 F.2d 280 (1958)

James Madison MORSE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Madison Morse, in pro. per.

E. Coleman Madsen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Edith House, Asst. U. S. Atty., Southern District of Florida, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

Before RIVES, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant brought a proceeding under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to have set aside his conviction and sentence for a violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2311 et seq. The appellant asserts that forty-six hours elapsed between the time of his arrest and the time when he was brought before a Commissioner for arraignment. He states that the delay was unnecessary, that during the delay efforts were made, without success, to procure a confession from...

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