[DOWNLOAD] "Screws Et Al. v. United States" by Supreme Court of the United States * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Screws Et Al. v. United States
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 07, 1945
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 109 KB
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This case involves a shocking and revolting episode in law enforcement. Petitioner Screws was sheriff of Baker County, Georgia. He enlisted the assistance of petitioner Jones, a policeman, and petitioner Kelley, a special deputy, in arresting Robert Hall, a citizen of the United States and of Georgia. The arrest was made late at night at Halls home on a warrant charging Hall with theft of a tire. Hall, a young negro about thirty years of age, was handcuffed and taken by car to the court house. As Hall alighted from the car at the court-house square, the three petitioners began beating him with their fists and with a solid-bar blackjack about eight inches long and weighing two pounds. They claimed Hall had reached for a gun and had used insulting language as he alighted from the