SWEETNEY v. JOHNSTON

No. 23821-S.

50 F.Supp. 326 (1943)

SWEETNEY v. JOHNSTON, Warden.

District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

May 12, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence Sweetney, of Alcatraz, Cal., in pro. per.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., and A. J. Zirpoli, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.


ST. SURE, District Judge.

Petitioner, who is detained at Alcatraz prison, applies for a writ of habeas corpus. The question for decision relates to deductions from sentences for good conduct as provided for in the commutation Statutes, particularly in § 710 of 18 U.S.C.A.

Petitioner was convicted of theft of an automobile (violation of § 826b of the District of Columbia Code, D.C.Code 1940, § 22—2204) on December 11, 1936, and sentenced...

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