HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The proceeding was habeas corpus. The ground was that petitioner did not waive, but was denied, the assistance of counsel for his defense. Respondent flatly denying petitioner's claim, attached a certified transcript of the record of the court of conviction, which among other things showed that on defendant's motion, the court appointed one Short, to represent him as counsel and that defendant thereafter entered a plea of guilty. There was...
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