HARRIS v. ELLIS

No. 14445.

204 F.2d 685 (1953)

HARRIS v. ELLIS.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 29, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Harris, in pro. per.

Willis E. Gresham, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Texas, for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant is confined in the Texas State Penitentiary under a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Tarrant County Criminal District Court of Fort Worth, Texas on June 8, 1946. Upon a charge of passing a forged instrument and in violation of the Habitual Criminal Act of Texas, Vernon's Ann.P.C. arts 61 to 64, he was tried and found guilty by a jury in that court on June 3, 1946.

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