WALEY v. JOHNSTON

No. 1006.

316 U.S. 101 (1942)

WALEY v. JOHNSTON, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harmon Metz Waley, pro se.

Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Mr. Oscar A. Provost for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner filed his petition for habeas corpus in the District Court, alleging upon oath that he had been coerced, by intimidation and threats by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to plead guilty to an indictment for kidnaping, and that he is held in custody by respondent under the consequent judgment of conviction and commitment.

The petition stated generally that threats of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to throw...

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