GODFREE v. PEAK

No. 4770.

30 F.2d 988 (1929)

GODFREE v. PEAK, Superintendent, etc.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided February 4, 1929.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Cusick, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

R. B. Keech, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.


MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the petitioner to jail to serve a sentence imposed upon him by the police court.

The defendant below, now the appellant, was tried and convicted in the police court for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and was sentenced to serve a term in jail. He filed a motion for...

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