DOWNS v. HUDSPETH

Nos. 1028 H.C., 1030 H.C., 1076 H.C.

75 F.Supp. 945 (1948)

DOWNS v. HUDSPETH, Warden. CRISP v. SAME. TOWNSEND v. SAME.

District Court, D. Kansas, First Division.

February 17, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm McNaughton, of Leavenworth, Kan., for petitioner Downs.

Malcolm McNaughton, of Leavenworth, Kan., for petitioner Crisp.

Harry Miller, Jr., of Kansas City, Kan., for petitioner Townsend.

Edward F. Arn, Atty. Gen., of Kansas, and Harold Fatzer, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Kansas, for respondent.


MELLOTT, District Judge.

The court is this date signing journal entries in the three cases shown in the caption, remanding the several petitioners to the custody of the respondent on the basis of findings of fact and conclusions of law found and made following hearings upon writs of habeas corpus or rules to show cause.

Inasmuch as petitions for writs of habeas corpus are being filed in this court with increasing frequency by inmates of the Kansas State Penitentiary...

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