JONES v. CLEMMER

No. 9251.

163 F.2d 852 (1947)

JONES v. CLEMMER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided September 4, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin H. Jones, pro se.

Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., and Joseph F. Lawless, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Roger Robb, of Washington, D. C., appointed by the court as amicus curiae, filed a brief and participated in the argument.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON, and WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from an order dismissing a petition for habeas corpus. In 1937 appellant received concurrent sentences for uttering and false pretenses, and began serving them at the District of Columbia Reformatory at Lorton, Virginia. He was released on parole on December 23, 1938. On June 22, 1939 a warrant was issued for his arrest for violation of parole but was not served because he could not be found. August 4, 1943 he was committed...

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