UNITED STATES v. BABB

No. 10728.

199 F.2d 804 (1952)

UNITED STATES ex rel. SCOTT v. BABB, Sheriff.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 25, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Vosnos, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

James V. Cunningham, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and KERNER and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Scott appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. At the time the petition was filed, relator was incarcerated in the county jail of Cook County, Illinois, awaiting execution of a sentence of death imposed upon his conviction of murder on May 18, 1951. It appears that Scott had been indicted for the murder of William Murphy, a police officer of the City of Chicago, and...

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