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...worthiness of Anthony Chebatoris, 40, sneering, hard-bitten little Pole of Hamtramck, Mich, who, with an accomplice, shot two officers of the Midland (Mich.) Chemical State Savings Bank, killed a passing truck driver, was captured thanks to the marksmanship of a deer-hunting dentist. Taking life during a bank holdup calls for the death penalty under Federal...
...mere" robbery was John Mahoney's second offense, for which he got a mandatory sentence of 30 to 60 years under the Baumes Law. He led a gang of young bandits in a Manhattan holdup, shot two people, almost killed one. Had the man died, John Mahoney would have gone to the electric chair. If Richard Whitney should commit another felony, using a gun, he would get what John Mahoney...
...vestibule of his smart Back Bay, Boston, home, George Hastings Swift, 59, a director of Swift & Co., packers, was set upon by three holdup men. Drawing a revolver he fired one ineffectual shot before he was knocked on the head, disarmed, beaten, robbed of a $2,000 Oriental pearl and over $300 cash...
Lawyer Liebowitz' jury miracles are for the most part based on his understanding of human reactions and on simple tricks. Witnesses who will tell the truth on big things, often lie about little ones. The police had a tight case against a holdup suspect. Although they didn't need it to convict, they introduced the man's own signed confession, secured at police headquarters. Fifteen police denied any third-degree methods. Liebowitz asked an old deputy chief inspector on the stand: "How long have you been a police officer?" "Thirty years." "Did you ever beat...
...posed for photographers as often as they wanted, even let them photograph his hands to show how he held a golf club in his celebrated fingers. Asked how he had succeeded in Hollywood he answered: "I let the other guy's girl alone." Still amiable, he discussed the holdup: "I got into a jam when I was a wild young kid. . . . I'm glad it's over. I had intended going East and clearing this thing up anyway...