United States of America, and v. William Washabaugh, Jr., United States of America, and v. William David Wentroble

Washabaugh, Wentroble, Pringle and Warner, state prisoners at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, escaped on July 8, 1969. They needed a car for transportation. Warner alone provided it by stealing one. Then he picked up Washabaugh, Wentroble and Pringle. Off they drove to California, arriving four days later. In California they became associated with one Piert.

In an indictment in the Central District of California the three were charged with a Dyer Act violation.

There were other counts as follows:

Count two: Wentroble, unarmed bank robbery of Trans World Bank, San Fernando, California, July 24,1969.

Count three: Washabaugh, robbery of Crocker-Citizens National Bank, Canoga Park, California, July 31,1969.

Count four: Wentroble, armed “bank” robbery, Gibralter Savings and Loan Association, Panama City, California, July 31, 1969.

Count five: William Piert and Wash-abaugh, robbery of First Western Bank, Glendale, California, August 5, 1969. (The evidence is that Piert was the “stick-up” man and that Washabaugh drove the “getaway” car.)

Washabaugh and Wentroble were convicted by a jury of everything with which they were charged. (In this appeal, as it comes to this court, Piert,…