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THOMPSON v. JOHNSTON

No. 11358.

160 F.2d 374 (1947)

THOMPSON v. JOHNSTON, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 16, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Thompson, in pro. per., for appellant.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., and Joseph Karesh, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, HEALY, and BONE, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 16, 1947. See 67 S.Ct. 1738.

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an inmate of Alcatraz prison, petitioned for discharge on habeas corpus and his petition was dismissed on motion of the warden. The question is whether the writ should have been issued and an inquiry into the facts pursued.

The petition discloses that in June 1941 appellant was tried and convicted in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee...

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