PEOPLE OF STATE OF ILLINOIS v. BENNETT

No. 8773.

153 F.2d 271 (1946)

PEOPLE OF STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. DAVIDSON v. BENNETT, Warden, et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

January 29, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Liebman, of Chicago, Ill., and Walter Davidson, of Pontiac, Ill., for appellant.

George F. Barrett, Atty. Gen., of Illinois, and William C. Wines, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Illinois, for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Walter Davidson is serving a sentence in the Illinois State Penitentiary, Pontiac Branch. He seeks a discharge through the much used and much abused habeas corpus proceedings. His application is largely factual in character. The defense is a legal one.

We herewith present his story.

Walter Davidson, when 19 years of age, was duly convicted of burglary in the Cook County Criminal Court, and was sentenced, October 5, 1918, to serve...

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