PONZI LOSES HIS BATTLE IN COURT Ordered Turned Over to Mass. to Serve His Sentence WILL FILE NEW APPEAL
One of his attorneys announced at Houston that a motion for re-hearing would be filed, which it was estimated would prolong his stay in the county jail another month or more.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 27 (AP) - Charles Ponzi, financial wizard, today was ordered turned over to Massachusetts authorities by the court of criminal appeals. Ponzi is held in jail at Houston.
Ponzi has been fighting extradition for four months. Two hearings were held before Governor Miriam A. Ferguson before she honored the requisition of the governor of Massachusetts for the return of Ponzi to serve a seven to nine year sentence upon conviction of being a "common and notorious thief" in connection with his financial schemes in Boston.
Ponzi was captured in New Orleans by a Texas officer who had recognized him aboard an Italian ship in the port of Houston.
The Boston financial wizard sought to prevent extradition in the district court and, failing, sought relief in the higher court, which was denied. Will File Appeal At Houston today Henry Kahn, one of Ponzi's attorneys, announced a motion for re-hearing before the court of criminal appeals will be filed within 15 days. This will prolong Ponzi's stay in the county jail in Houston another month or more, it was estimated.
Answering a contention of the defense that Ponzi's arrest was violative of the treaty between the United States and Italy to the effect that an Italian ship in the waters of the United States for a practical purpose is on Italian soil, and vice versa, the opinion, written by Presiding Judge Morrow, pointed out Ponzi was not arrested by authority of the United States or by the state government. The opinion declared that George Lacy, the Harris county, Texas, deputy sheriff who arrested Ponzi, was a trespasser.
"The fact that he comes into custody by the trespass of an individual affords him no immunity from prosecution," the opinion said. "His remedy is not to avoid a trial under the indictment but to proceed against the trespasser or kidnapper."
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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PONZI LOSES HIS BATTLE IN COURT Ordered Turned Over to Mass. to Serve His Sentence WILL FILE NEW APPEAL
One of his attorneys announced at Houston that a motion for re-hearing would be filed, which it was estimated would prolong his stay in the county jail another month or more.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 27 (AP) - Charles Ponzi, financial wizard, today was ordered turned over to Massachusetts authorities by the court of criminal appeals. Ponzi is held in jail at Houston.
Ponzi has been fighting extradition for four months. Two hearings were held before Governor Miriam A. Ferguson before she honored the requisition of the governor of Massachusetts for the return of Ponzi to serve a seven to nine year sentence upon conviction of being a "common and notorious thief" in connection with his financial schemes in Boston.
Ponzi was captured in New Orleans by a Texas officer who had recognized him aboard an Italian ship in the port of Houston.
The Boston financial wizard sought to prevent extradition in the district court and, failing, sought relief in the higher court, which was denied. Will File Appeal At Houston today Henry Kahn, one of Ponzi's attorneys, announced a motion for re-hearing before the court of criminal appeals will be filed within 15 days. This will prolong Ponzi's stay in the county jail in Houston another month or more, it was estimated.
Answering a contention of the defense that Ponzi's arrest was violative of the treaty between the United States and Italy to the effect that an Italian ship in the waters of the United States for a practical purpose is on Italian soil, and vice versa, the opinion, written by Presiding Judge Morrow, pointed out Ponzi was not arrested by authority of the United States or by the state government. The opinion declared that George Lacy, the Harris county, Texas, deputy sheriff who arrested Ponzi, was a trespasser.
"The fact that he comes into custody by the trespass of an individual affords him no immunity from prosecution," the opinion said. "His remedy is not to avoid a trial under the indictment but to proceed against the trespasser or kidnapper."
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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PONZI LOSES HIS BATTLE IN COURT Ordered Turned Over to Mass. to Serve His Sentence WILL FILE NEW APPEAL
One of his attorneys announced at Houston that a motion for re-hearing would be filed, which it was estimated would prolong his stay in the county jail another month or more.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 27 (AP) - Charles Ponzi, financial wizard, today was ordered turned over to Massachusetts authorities by the court of criminal appeals. Ponzi is held in jail at Houston.
Ponzi has been fighting extradition for four months. Two hearings were held before Governor Miriam A. Ferguson before she honored the requisition of the governor of Massachusetts for the return of Ponzi to serve a seven to nine year sentence upon conviction of being a "common and notorious thief" in connection with his financial schemes in Boston.
Ponzi was captured in New Orleans by a Texas officer who had recognized him aboard an Italian ship in the port of Houston.
The Boston financial wizard sought to prevent extradition in the district court and, failing, sought relief in the higher court, which was denied. Will File Appeal At Houston today Henry Kahn, one of Ponzi's attorneys, announced a motion for re-hearing before the court of criminal appeals will be filed within 15 days. This will prolong Ponzi's stay in the county jail in Houston another month or more, it was estimated.
Answering a contention of the defense that Ponzi's arrest was violative of the treaty between the United States and Italy to the effect that an Italian ship in the waters of the United States for a practical purpose is on Italian soil, and vice versa, the opinion, written by Presiding Judge Morrow, pointed out Ponzi was not arrested by authority of the United States or by the state government. The opinion declared that George Lacy, the Harris county, Texas, deputy sheriff who arrested Ponzi, was a trespasser.
"The fact that he comes into custody by the trespass of an individual affords him no immunity from prosecution," the opinion said. "His remedy is not to avoid a trial under the indictment but to proceed against the trespasser or kidnapper."
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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PONZI LOSES HIS BATTLE IN COURT Ordered Turned Over to Mass. to Serve His Sentence WILL FILE NEW APPEAL
One of his attorneys announced at Houston that a motion for re-hearing would be filed, which it was estimated would prolong his stay in the county jail another month or more.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 27 (AP) - Charles Ponzi, financial wizard, today was ordered turned over to Massachusetts authorities by the court of criminal appeals. Ponzi is held in jail at Houston.
Ponzi has been fighting extradition for four months. Two hearings were held before Governor Miriam A. Ferguson before she honored the requisition of the governor of Massachusetts for the return of Ponzi to serve a seven to nine year sentence upon conviction of being a "common and notorious thief" in connection with his financial schemes in Boston.
Ponzi was captured in New Orleans by a Texas officer who had recognized him aboard an Italian ship in the port of Houston.
The Boston financial wizard sought to prevent extradition in the district court and, failing, sought relief in the higher court, which was denied. Will File Appeal At Houston today Henry Kahn, one of Ponzi's attorneys, announced a motion for re-hearing before the court of criminal appeals will be filed within 15 days. This will prolong Ponzi's stay in the county jail in Houston another month or more, it was estimated.
Answering a contention of the defense that Ponzi's arrest was violative of the treaty between the United States and Italy to the effect that an Italian ship in the waters of the United States for a practical purpose is on Italian soil, and vice versa, the opinion, written by Presiding Judge Morrow, pointed out Ponzi was not arrested by authority of the United States or by the state government. The opinion declared that George Lacy, the Harris county, Texas, deputy sheriff who arrested Ponzi, was a trespasser.
"The fact that he comes into custody by the trespass of an individual affords him no immunity from prosecution," the opinion said. "His remedy is not to avoid a trial under the indictment but to proceed against the trespasser or kidnapper."
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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PONZI LOSES HIS BATTLE IN COURT Ordered Turned Over to Mass. to Serve His Sentence WILL FILE NEW APPEAL
One of his attorneys announced at Houston that a motion for re-hearing would be filed, which it was estimated would prolong his stay in the county jail another month or more.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 27 (AP) - Charles Ponzi, financial wizard, today was ordered turned over to Massachusetts authorities by the court of criminal appeals. Ponzi is held in jail at Houston.
Ponzi has been fighting extradition for four months. Two hearings were held before Governor Miriam A. Ferguson before she honored the requisition of the governor of Massachusetts for the return of Ponzi to serve a seven to nine year sentence upon conviction of being a "common and notorious thief" in connection with his financial schemes in Boston.
Ponzi was captured in New Orleans by a Texas officer who had recognized him aboard an Italian ship in the port of Houston.
The Boston financial wizard sought to prevent extradition in the district court and, failing, sought relief in the higher court, which was denied. Will File Appeal At Houston today Henry Kahn, one of Ponzi's attorneys, announced a motion for re-hearing before the court of criminal appeals will be filed within 15 days. This will prolong Ponzi's stay in the county jail in Houston another month or more, it was estimated.
Answering a contention of the defense that Ponzi's arrest was violative of the treaty between the United States and Italy to the effect that an Italian ship in the waters of the United States for a practical purpose is on Italian soil, and vice versa, the opinion, written by Presiding Judge Morrow, pointed out Ponzi was not arrested by authority of the United States or by the state government. The opinion declared that George Lacy, the Harris county, Texas, deputy sheriff who arrested Ponzi, was a trespasser.
"The fact that he comes into custody by the trespass of an individual affords him no immunity from prosecution," the opinion said. "His remedy is not to avoid a trial under the indictment but to proceed against the trespasser or kidnapper."
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 27, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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