JACKSON v. SANFORD

Nos. 12111, 12113.

163 F.2d 875 (1947)

JACKSON v. SANFORD, Warden (two cases).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 23, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Jackson, in pro. per., for appellant.

J. Ellis Mundy, U. S. Atty., Harvey H. Tysinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Col. Eugene Ferry Smith, J. A. G. D. Staff Judge Advocate, Third Army, all of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Convicted and sentenced by a military tribunal, appellant filed two petitions for writs of habeas corpus. Both petitions had to do with the same trial and conviction. The only difference between the two is that in the first petition appellant's reliance was upon his claim that he was not able to obtain witnesses in his behalf, that he did not have his choice of a defense counsel, and that the trial judge advocate was unfair to him in misconstruing most...

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