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THOMPSON v. CAVELL

2121 Misc.

158 F.Supp. 19 (1957)

Harold S. THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. Angelo C. CAVELL, Warden, Western State Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

McILVAINE, District Judge.

Petitioner, Harold S. Thompson, through counsel has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. In the petition it is alleged that while serving a term in the Western State Penitentiary after conviction of rape and robbery at No. 164, March Term, 1949, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny County, which sentence was for a term of 7½ to 15 years, commencing March 7, 1949, the petitioner...

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