KOEHNE v. MATTHEWS

No. 9755.

169 F.2d 889 (1948)

KOEHNE et al. v. MATTHEWS, U. S. Marshal, et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided July 19, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ira Chase Koehne, pro se, for appellants.

Mr. John D. Lane, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, was on the brief, of Washington, D. C., for appellees. Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PROCTOR, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

The Municipal Court imposed fines on appellant Savage and ordered him to serve jail terms if they were not paid. The Municipal Court of Appeals affirmed. Savage v. District of Columbia, D.C.Mun. App., 54 A.2d 562. We declined to allow an appeal. Appellants then filed in the District Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This appeal is from that court's order denying the writ.

The petition says the Municipal Court denied Savage the right...

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