POTTER v. DOWD

No. 8630.

146 F.2d 244 (1944)

POTTER v. DOWD, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 8, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Potter, of Michigan City, Ind., in pro. per., for appellant.

Frank E. Coughlin, Deputy Atty. Gen., of Indiana, for appellee.

Before EVANS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is a prisoner in the Indiana State Prison, serving a life sentence for rape, imposed in April, 1939, pursuant to a judgment of conviction of a state court. He petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. From an order denying his petition — the court dismissed the petition without an examination into the substance of the causes of his detention and without determining the verity of the allegations of the petition...

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