UNITED STATES v. MATUS

Civ. A. No. 4373.

127 F.Supp. 282 (1954)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Watson MOULTHROPE, v. Edward MATUS.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

April 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Gordon, Jr., Hartford, Conn., for petitioner.

Albert S. Bill, State's Atty., for Hartford County, Hartford, Conn., for respondent.


SMITH, Chief Judge.

On petition for habeas corpus, an order to show cause issued and after a number of postponements agreed to by counsel, petitioner was produced in open court on March 22, 1954, testified, and the matter was argued by counsel for petitioner and by the State's Attorney for Hartford County for respondent. The facts are substantially undisputed and are found to be as follows:

1. In December 1925, the petitioner was convicted of the crime of...

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