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Al Capone — Part 33
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BID FOR LIBERTY
an WASHINGTON. Aug, 38 (AP) —
Becking freedom from America’s
“Devil Island,” -Al Capone, once
Chicago’s gangster chief, today
Jappealed to the Supreme Court to
reverse decisions of lower courts! | —. t
that denied his pleas for a writ of
habeas corpus, _— ve
it was the second time the erst-
aa Ee “public enemy number one’ |{ . ~
review his sentence to eleven years’
ent and fines totaling : . i
$50,000 for violation of the income 7
tax law. ;
!
had asked the Supreme Court to 5 r
“His attorneys here, William ¥. |-
Leshy and William J. Hughes, Jr.,
filed @ petttion charging Capone
was convicted after the three-year
statute of limitations had expired.
In 1932 the Supreme Court denied
Capone a review of his case.-. °
CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (AP) —/
Ralph Capone, brother of the ex-|: . oo , -
' ; “ {gang leader, released only a few , Po, ;
| weeks from McNeili Island peni-
.-| tentiary, where he atoned for
dodging Federal income taxes, was/| >!
“7 {named today in a suit by the State/Po
.| t© collect $20,424 delinquent taxes/} . |.
*! and penalties, . . a
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