SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, serving sentences in the penitentiary, sought release by habeas corpus on the sole ground that the second count of each of two indictments charged no offense against the laws of the United States, so that the court was without authority to sentence him on his pleas of guilty thereto. On a hearing the writ was discharged, and he appeals.
Each indictment charged in its first count that on a named date the accused had transported...
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