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ioe CAPONE’ PLEA | WASHINGTON, Sent, | aN) | —The government, in @ brief fied | in Supreme Court teaay, ridiculed | the ples of A! Capone, former Chi- eago gang Jeader, for freedom on the ground that the Statute of Lim- - ftations prevented his conviction! for income tax fraud. Capone, now | ; in Alcatraz Prison, is seeking his . release on a writ of habeas corpus. Solicitor-general J. Crawford), yt Biggs said: “a0 shown hy the racord in the of October ierm, 2931, when the onse was previeusiy before this court, petitioner raised the precise and enly question he mow stcka to have reviewed, “The petition for a writ of cer- fiorari is without merit on any ’ theory.” Capone’s lawyera oontend that a three-year statute of Limitations i expired before his indictmen he qeorerment denied this. Ye!