UNITED STATES v. BANMILLER

Misc. No. 2101.

179 F.Supp. 390 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. George LEON v. William J. BANMILLER, Warden, Eastern State Penitentiary.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 31, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Gardner, Philadelphia, Pa., for George Leon (petitioner).

Victor H. Blanc, Dist. Atty., Philadelphia County, Charles L. Durham, Asst. Dist. Atty., Benjamin H. Renshaw, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for William J. Banmiller, Warden, etc. (respondent).


EGAN, District Judge.

George Leon, a prisoner at the Pennsylvania Eastern State Penitentiary, petitioned this Court for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. The District Attorney of Philadelphia County filed an answer. The matter was heard in open court on the petition, answer, and briefs and arguments of counsel for the respective parties.

On May 11, 1946, the petitioner was arrested for three offenses of armed robbery in Pennsylvania, two of which were...

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