Porter Charlton

Porter Charlton was the son of Puerto Rico federal judge who in 1910 confessed in New York to murdering his wife at Lake Como in Italy and sinking the body in a trunk in the lake. He was extradited to Italy.

Extradition

The Italian vice consul requested Charlton's extradition. John A. Blair, one of the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of New Jersey, suspended Charlton's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a warrant was issued for his arrest. This order for extradition was approved by Philander C. Knox. The extradition was argued before the United States Supreme Court in 1913 as Charlton v. Kelly.

He served twenty-nine days and returned from Naples to the US on the Italian liner SS America.^[1]

References

^ "Son of Porto Rican Federal Judge Sank Body in Trunk in Lake Como.". New York Times. January 27, 1916. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E5DF1231E733A05754C2A9679C946796D6CF. Retrieved 2009-10-18. "Porter Charlton, the American who was released from prison in Italy last November after serving twenty-nine days for killing his wife at Lake Como in 1910, returned yesterday from Naples on the Italian liner America, and will leave for San Juan, Porto Rico, next Saturday, to join his parents."

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