UNITED STATES v. HAMMOND

Nos. 8792, 8607.

99 F.2d 557 (1938)

UNITED STATES ex rel. ANGELICA v. HAMMOND. UNITED STATES ex rel. CARLISLE v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 4, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 8792:

Horace Soule, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Douglas W. McGregor, U. S. Atty., and George O'Brien John, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

No. 8607:

Jno. E. Green, Jr., Robt. F. Carter, and Archie D. Gray, all of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Grant W. Kelleher, Sp. Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., John Henry Lewin and Hammond E. Chaffetz, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Douglas W. McGregor, U. S. Atty., and George O'Brien John, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments in habeas corpus cases to test warrants of removal to other States for trial on federal offenses. The appellee moves to dismiss the appeals on the ground that since they were taken the Act of June 29, 1938, has gone into effect, which he urges prevents consideration of them, there being in the Act no saving of pending cases. The Act amends 28 U.S.C.A. § 463(a) by inserting a proviso so that it shall read...

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