WILLIAMS v. DOWD

No. 8922.

153 F.2d 328 (1946)

WILLIAMS v. DOWD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 13, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar B. Thiel, of Gary, Ind., for appellant.

Frank E. Coughlin, First Asst. Atty. Gen. of Indiana, James A. Emmert, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, and Karl J. Stipher, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before MAJOR and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and BALTZELL, District Judge.


BALTZELL, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying the petition of plaintiff-appellant, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, for a writ of habeas corpus.

The facts may be summarized briefly as follows: On April 29, 1939, the plaintiff was sentenced to a term in the Indiana State Prison of from one to ten years by the Lawrence Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Indiana, upon his plea of guilty to a charge of vehicle taking...

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