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Name: Harry Peter Wolf/Wolff Age/DoB: Sept. 10, 1880 County of conviction: Beaverhead Judicial District: 5th Case No.: 754 Date of Conviction: Nov. 15, 1918 Sentence: 5-10 years |
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Allegation: Information did not specify what Wolff allegedly said on
Aug. 2, 1918 Personal Information: Worked as a carpenter and laborer. Date and place of death unknown. Case Details: Served 10 months and was released on
Jan. 21, 1920 after state Supreme Court reversed in October 1919. Conviction
reversed because information fails to specify what Wolff allegedly said.
"The particular words the prosecutor ultimately selected to prove the
offense are left entirely to our imagination; and, so far as the record
shows, the defendant himself was left completely in the dark...No one shall
be held to answer an information unless the crime be charged with precision
and fullness, to the end that the defendant may have ample opportunity to
make his defense...
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