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UNITED STATES v. BRAASCH

Nos. 74-1000 thru 74-1017 and 74-1105.

505 F.2d 139 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clarence E. BRAASCH et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Cotsirilos, David P. Schippers, R. Eugene Pincham, Patrick A. Tuite, Harry J. Busch, Gerald M. Werksman, Eugene T. Noonan, William J. Nellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Gary L. Starkman, Dan K. Webb and James F. Holderman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and FAIRCHILD and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Associate Justice.

This prosecution, brought under the extortion statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1951,1 depicts a betrayal of public trust of the most alarming type to a free society: the corruption of the entire vice squad of the 18th Police District of Chicago over a period of many years.

The indictment covers the period from 1966 to 1970 during the tenure of Captain Clarence E. Braasch as Commander of the 18th Police District...

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