UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 8506.

143 F.2d 774 (1944)

UNITED STATES ex rel. FOLEY v. RAGEN, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 10, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Barrett, Atty. Gen., of Illinois (William C. Wines, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellant.

Kenneth C. Sears, of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court, entered on September 27, 1943, discharging upon habeas corpus the appellee, George Foley, from incarceration in an Illinois State Penitentiary located in Will County, Illinois. The writ was directed to respondent, Joseph E. Ragen, warden of the penitentiary, who filed a return thereto. The court heard the testimony of both the relator and the respondent, and also received in evidence a...

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