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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