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VAN METER v. SANFORD

No. 8918.

99 F.2d 511 (1938)

VAN METER v. SANFORD, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 31, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin M. Van Meter, in pro. per.

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

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Edwin M. Van Meter was convicted in the District of Columbia for an offense against the Code of the District and given an indeterminate sentence of not less than three nor more than seven years "in a penitentiary, as designated by the Attorney General". He was first committed to the Reformatory at Lorton, Va., then removed to Leavenworth, and finally to the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta. While confined at Atlanta he brought habeas corpus...

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