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BRINSON v. WILKINSON

No. 17831.

271 F.2d 790 (1959)

John BRINSON, Appellant, v. Fred T. WILKINSON, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Brinson, Atlanta, Ga., in Pro. Per.

E. Ralph Ivey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charles D. Read, Jr., Acting U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in forma pauperis from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner seeks release on the ground that the indictment on which he was convicted in the District Court (N.D.Ohio) charging him in substantially the words of the statute with passing an altered obligation of the United States (18 U.S.C.A. § 472) was fatally defective because it failed to allege knowledge that the instrument had been altered. United States...

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