Show SUPREME COURT ASKED TO REVIEW MORSE CASE Petition Filed Piled by Martin Marlin W little littleton Littleton Littleton ton Makes Some Pretty Strong Statements Washington Nov No 10 A petition for a writ of certiorari to have the supreme court of the United States review the judgment of the circuit court of appeals in the case of Charles W V V Morse forse the Ice king convicted of misappropriation ml of funds of the National Bank of North America was filed today by Martin W Littleton counsel for Mr Morse Formal presentation of the motion will willbe w willbe be made by b Mr Ir Littleton next Monday Mr Morse Is s under sentence of fifteen years ears in the federal prison at Atlanta The supreme court will search the rec records records of criminal cases in vain to discover a parallel to this case declared Mr Littleton in his petition He charged that the naked facts were overdressed in the indictment of Morse lorse that when properly understood and clearly stated they show that the petitioner did no nomore nomore nomore more than procure others to make the loans at the bank by ample col eel collateral collateral lateral which loans he Informed the bank were his In fact and pledged his hiB then sufficient fortune to their payment that these loans were from time to time paid off and the bank allowed to take the profit in the rise of the collateral which took place from time to time The freedom allowed to insert in the in indictment Indictment Indictment several counts be urged had been perverted Into a R perfect debauchery of pleading The practice of setting up as many features of alleged criminal coq con conduct duct duet as would insure the government against an unfortunate technical lapse lap e lad had been employed he said to smother the issue obscure the questions to be de do decided and confound the Jury in a be bewildering bewildering bewildering plethora of turgid phraseology Mr Ir Littleton claimed that the trial court erred In submitting on the misapplication misapplication counts the intent to deceive which was not alleged In Inthe the Ithe indictment and that the sentence was Vas void because Morse lorse had been sentenced to imprison imprisonment ment meat of fifteen years on the tM count when I under th statute he could only be he sen son sentenced sentenced not to exceed ten years ears |