UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 48 C 1564.

86 F.Supp. 382 (1949)

UNITED STATES ex rel. MONTGOMERY v. RAGEN.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

August 10, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Kutner, Chicago, Illinois, for relator James Montgomery.

Ivan A. Elliott, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Raymond Thiesse, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


IGOE, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus action brought by James Montgomery, relator herein, against Joseph E. Ragan, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, respondent, to test the legality of his custody arising out of a judgment for conviction for the crime of rape by virtue of a true bill returned in The Circuit Court of Lake County, State of Illinois, filed January 2, 1924.

On October 26, 1948, the relator petitioned this court...

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