CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE-CONTEMPT OF COURT-SHERIFF ALLOWING FEDERAL PRISONERS TO ESCAPE FROM COUNTY JAIL

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Abstract

Information was filed against a sheriff for contempt in negligently permitting the escape of federal prisoners from his county jail. Held, the sheriff was guilty of contempt of the federal committing court. United States v. Fanning, (D. C. W. Va. 1934) 6 F. Supp. 412. Affirmed, Fanning v. United States, (C. C. A. 4th, 1934) 72 F. (2d) 929.

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CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE-CONTEMPT OF COURT-SHERIFF ALLOWING FEDERAL PRISONERS TO ESCAPE FROM COUNTY JAIL, 34 Mich. L. Rev. 390 (1936).
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