JONES v. DOWD

No. 7896.

128 F.2d 331 (1942)

JONES v. DOWD, Warden of Indiana State Prison.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 22, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen A. West, and West & Eckhart, all of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Geo. N. Beamer, Atty. Gen., James K. Northam, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Norman E. Duke, Deputy Atty. Gen., of Indiana, for respondent.

Before EVANS, KERNER, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner-appellant, a prisoner in the Indiana State Prison, brought a petition in the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana for a writ of habeas corpus against the appellee, who is the warden of the Indiana State Prison. The Attorney-General of Indiana moved to dismiss the petition and the court sustained the motion. The error assigned here is that of the District Court in sustaining the motion to dismiss. The petitioner...

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