Case Name: William Wright Roberts
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1953-11-03
Citations: 126 Ct. Cl. 947
Docket Number: No. 120-53
Parties: William Wright Roberts.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 126
Pages: 947–947

Head Matter:
No. 120-53.
November 3, 1953.
William Wright Roberts.

Opinion:
Unjust conviction; suit .under the provisions of 28 TJ. S. C. 1495,2513'.
On defendant's motion to dismiss, the following per curiam opinion was filed:
Plaintiff is clearly not entitled to recover. The statute makes it a prerequisite to recovery that a plaintiff prove innocence of the crime for which he was convicted and other, things, and it prescribes that these things can only be proven by a certificate of the trial judge. We have no such'certificate before ús.
Defendant's motion is granted, and plaintiff's petition is dismissed.
It is so ordered.