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Caryl Chessman — Part 1

17 pages · May 24, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Caryl Chessman · 17 pages OCR'd
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NX ay Parsons it \ Ki Belmont ——_— we Callahan : Deliedch 4 "Mas : MeSuire —____- ( Mohr —— — Swi. Sullivan 2 “ Tele. Room Ingram +____— Gandy UPI “94. . ; ; . i (CHESS MAN) — . y | AN- ATTORNEY FOR CARYL CHESSMAN MADE A 15TH APPEAL TO THE SUPREME i COURT TODAY IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE THE CONVICT-AUTHOR FROM EXECUTION ‘ ‘ FRIDAY MORNING IN CALIFORNIA'S GAS CHAMBER. MISS ROSALIE ASHER OF SAGRAMENTO TOLD REPORTERS HER PAPERS KAD ’ BEEN PRESENTED BY THE SUPREME COURT CLERK TO JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTER "AS THE SENIOR JUSTICE AVAILABLE.” THE ATTORNEY, WHO SAID SHE MUST RETURN TO THE WEST COAST_TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SAID SHE WILL NOT TRY TO CONTACT OTHER JUSTICES IF FRANKEURTER TURNS HER DOWN. : TODAY, MISS ASHER SOUGHT AN ORIGINAL WRIT.OF HABEAS CORPUS FROM FRANKFURTER. “SHE’CONCEDED :THAT SUCH ACTION BY A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IS A “VERY, VERY RARE OCCURENCE .* os THE LEGAL POINTS ADVANCED.TO FRANKFURTER INCLUDED THE CONSTITUTICNAL ISSUES OF "CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT," WHICH CHESSNAN HAS Moy BROUGHT UP IN RECENT APPEALS. HE HAS BEEN CONFINED IN DEATH ROW AT, °. SAN QUENTIN FOR 11 AND ONE HALF YEARS « : a MISS ASHER TOLD REPORTERS SHE ALSO INCLUDED AN AFFIDAVIT BY AN ! OAKLAND, CALIF «, HANDWRITING EXPERT ole ba Sree WHO SAID A i j i UBSTITOUTE SHORTHAND REPORTER WHO TRANSCRIBED THE TR AL FORGED SOME OF IS NOTES. _. 2/16--GE202P coe BO fa & i we & vu .
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