FARNSWORTH v. ZERBST

No. 8711.

97 F.2d 255 (1938)

FARNSWORTH v. ZERBST, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 16, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Semar Farnsworth, in pro. per.

Lawrence S. Camp, U. S. Atty., and Harvey H. Tisinger and J. Ellis Mundy, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner-appellant sought by habeas corpus to be discharged from imprisonment in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta where he is serving an indeterminate sentence of four to twelve years imposed after a trial in the District of Columbia upon a charge of conspiracy to violate Section 32 of Title 50 of the United States Code, 50 U.S.C.A. § 32. The original petition asserted that the sentence was void because the indictment charged...

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