UNITED STATES v. SKEEN

Civ. A. Nos. 561, 608.

107 F.Supp. 877 (1952)

UNITED STATES ex rel. FARMER v. SKEEN, Warden. UNITED STATES ex rel. FARMER v. THOMPSON et al.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia, Wheeling Division.

October 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Bachmann, C. Lee Spillers, Lester Hess and Wayne Brooks, of Wheeling, W. Va., for petitioner.


WATKINS, District Judge.

These two actions have been filed in this court by A. B. Farmer who is now serving a sentence of 25 years in the West Virginia Penitentiary. Although he has not shown ground therefor, the court has appointed four experienced and able lawyers to represent him. The lawyers appointed are Carl Bachmann, C. Lee Spillers, Lester Hess and Wayne Brooks, and these lawyers have gone to the state penitentiary and conferred with him.

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