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-Prisoners, Former Gang King fi -=-..: .. we _ am Pa + . . - { Petitions “for His - ae J His attorneys slapped & petition before the high court yesterday, | contending Capone's imprison- “al Capone started a new -drive for freedom yesterday. — Caged on America's “Devil's Island” last week with a half hundred of the nation’s most desperate criminals after @ spec- tacular journey from Atlanta, the arch gangster asked the U. 8. Supreme Court, to order his re | “Tment is Megal. ——we : : The court is expected to give a + quick decision shortly after it re- . : convenes October 1. : Representing Capone sre Wil- f “ ' “ r 7 liem E, Leahy and William J. 1 ’ ; . : Hughes, Washington attorneys. } : : and Frank A. Doughman, an at- a : torney of Atlanta, Ga. His counsel argue the three-year = i time limit in the statute of limi- tations had elapsed before the _ Government obtained Cepone’s in- dictment on charges of evading his Federal income tax. But the Jower courts held that the Capone case fell within a provision of the statute giving the Government the ri right to prosecute within six years. Capone was convicted on charges of evading income taxes ye in March of 1926, 1027 and 1926. wo Lio . ee, He was senteyieg i to 10 years in |' wo og P, Federal prison, mbeetanthg May 6, oo ome ey 1932. In addition he was fined Dam eet Bet 4 .% ye 2 tea? be