UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 9184.

158 F.2d 644 (1947)

UNITED STATES ex rel. HUNKE v. RAGEN, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

January 11, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Barrett, Atty. Gen., and Raymond Sarnow, Asst. Atty. Gen. (William C. Wines, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellant.

William Hunke, pro se.

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


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Respondent appeals from an order granting a discharge to the relator William Hunke upon his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The facts are undisputed. The relator, after being convicted in the criminal court of Cook County, Illinois, on June 25, 1920, of the crime of robbery while armed, was sentenced to a term of ten years to life. The legality of this conviction is not questioned. After escaping from the penitentiary on November...

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