Show Alcatraz Long To Get New Chance 4 WASHINGTON May 21 24 UP UP- UP court voted 5 4 Monda Monday Monday Mon Mon- me he supreme Alcatraz term long-term- da day to give an dayer the new chance he had asked four er times Justice Jackson complained com- com the court thereby had p opened the gate for endless re rep re- re trials justice Murphy spoke for the 1 majority Justice Jackson dissented dissent- dissent I ed So did Justice Frankfurter f. f who was joined by Chief Justice Vinson and Justice Reed The majority ordered the U. U S. S district court in San Francisco by Homer to reconsider protests CL G Price that he was convicted of b bank holdup charges on false testimony testimony tes tes- knowingly kno used by a a. U. U S. S attorney r Price was convicted in federal court in Detroit in 1938 He got 55 65 years ears in Alea Alcatraz traz Rejected Four Times The U. U Uj S S. S district court in San Francisco nancisco four times rejected petitions petitions pe pe- sent to it from Alcatraz by Price Each asked release on a writ of ot habeas corpus carpus In the fourth petition he made the assertion assertion assertion asser asser- tion tion that false testimony was used I it at his trial The U. U S S. S circuit court in San Francisco upheld the district courts court's urt's rejection of the fourth petItion petition pe- pe in view of the denial of the jie other three The circuit court that Price improperly re reserved re- re served eved ved for use in the fourth peti- peti tics ion n the complaint of false mony It also ruled that it lacked power to grant Prices Price's request that he be ordered to appear before before before be be- fore the circuit court for a hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing on his charge of false mony Murphy said the majority disagreed disagreed disagreed dis dis- dis- dis agreed with the circuit court and held that it had power to call Price before it Murphy also said the Ule district court improperly threw out Prices Price's fourth petition The high court directed the district court to reconsider the case and develop more fully all the circumstances circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- involved Murphy specified that the supreme su- su supreme supreme su su- preme court was not ordering the district court to grant the fo fourth rth petition if the lower court found it unsupported and In protesting Jackson said that under this ruling the number of oC tim times s the government must retry the case depends only on the prisoners prisoner's prisoners prisoner's prisoners prisoner's pris pris- oner's ingenuity industry and imagination Hem 10 Years Elapse The question raised by Price as asto asto to false testimony used by a United United Unit Unit- ed States attorney Jackson said Baid substantially involves a retrial of the original conviction after more than 10 years have passed sed by memories are arc blurred evidence is lost and parties dispersed Among other actions Monday the court Agreed to rule on the validity of an amendment to Nebraska's constitution which prohibits union closed shops The American Federation Federation Federation Fed Fed- of Labor contended the ban banis is unconstitutional Ruled 7 0 that the U. U S S. S circuit court of appeals in New York has authority to untangle a legal snarl involving a monopoly finding I against the Aluminum Company of America A special act of congress congress congress con con- conI I gress had set up this circuit court as an acting supreme court for trying the Alcoa case The supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court decided Monday this special power extends to Alcoa's effort to win a clean bill bilI of health Agreed to rule on constitutionality constitutionality constitutionality constitution constitution- of a Michigan law limiting the licensing of female bartenders |