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20 Year Sentence Given Brown in Kidnapping Case
Willard Arthur Brown, 25, Montana prisoner escapee, was sentenced to 20 years by U S District Judge Fred M Taylor in Pocatello Idaho after a federal jury found him guilty of kidnapping Mrs Laura Shafford of Galen Montana and holding her hostage during a cross state flight to Idaho. Brown was also found not guilty of assaulting the woman. The verdict followed a three hour and fifteen minute deliberation and came after Brown surrendered days later at a ranch near Lava Hot Springs Idaho. The case invoked the Lindberg federal kidnapping law with potential death if the assault had been proven.
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Willard Arthur Brown
Montana
Fred M. Taylor
U. S. District Court
Pocaello
Taylor
Brown
Dillon
Livingston
Lava Hot Springs
Pocatello
Laura Shafford
Galen
Idaho
Monida
Pete Biden
Thursay
Galen, Mont
Elwood Shafford
Shafford
John R. Maughan
Bountiful
Utah
Dorothy Wilczek
Jamestown
N. Y
Maughan
Laurence E. Bogert
Browne
Mrs. Shafford
Fred Helsel
Moose Jaw
Sask
Canada
Gordon Hunter
McCammon