UNITED STATES v. GOLAY

No. 74-1028.

502 F.2d 182 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George Martin GOLAY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Herd, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

William C. Martin, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

The case before us arises out of an extortion. On April 30, 1973, the home of a St. Louis banker was broken into, his wife bound and gagged, and photographs of her, in her trussed-up condition, sent to her husband with a demand for $50,000. The money was paid. Later, in Casper, Wyoming, acting under a search warrant for stolen diamonds, the police discovered in the room of defendant George Martin Golay a large sum of money, still...

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