UNITED STATES v. DENEMARK

No. 8364.

138 F.2d 289 (1943)

UNITED STATES ex rel. CHASTEEN v. DENEMARK, Superintendent, House of Correction, City of Chicago.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

November 3, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Westbrooks, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Thomas J. Courtney, State's Atty., and James V. Cunningham, Asst. State's Atty., both of Chicago, Ill. (Edward E. Wilson and George McMahon, Asst. State's Attys., both of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before SPARKS, KERNER, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment discharging a writ of habeas corpus, brought in the District Court after petitioner had exhausted his remedy in the state courts.

The pertinent facts are that on February 13, 1942, the Municipal Court of Chicago in case No. 1745996 found appellant guilty of petit larceny, entered judgment thereon, and sentenced him to the House of Correction for a term of one year, "To be served consecutively with case...

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