Posey v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1969-07-17

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MEHRTENS, District Judge: After a trial on an indictment charging eighteen persons with violating 18 U.S.C. § 241 by conspiring to injure, threaten, oppress and intimidate Michael Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman in the free exercise of their Constitutional rights not to be deprived of life or liberty without due process of law, the jury found seven of the defendants guilty…

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