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UNITED STATES v. SIGLER

Misc. No. 986.

162 F.Supp. 256 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas GOINS, Petitioner, v. Maurice SIGLER, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 1, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. McGovern, Jr., New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. for State of Louisiana, M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Petitioner, a Negro, is condemned to die for the murder of Anthony Meyers, a white resident of the city of New Orleans. He was convicted by a jury and his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana after consideration of fifty-two bills of exceptions. State v. Goins, 232 La. 238, 94 So.2d 244. The Supreme Court of the United States denied an application...

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