NELSON v. HANCOCK

Civ. A. No. 2330.

210 F.Supp. 60 (1962)

Russell NELSON and Fred J. Martineau, Petitioners, v. Parker L. HANCOCK, as he is the Warden of the State Prison, Concord, New Hampshire.

United States District Court D. New Hampshire.

October 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Patrick McGowan, Providence, R. I., for Russell Nelson.

Julius H. Soble, Boston, Mass., for Fred J. Martineau.

Leonard & Leonard, Nashua, N. H., appearing generally for petitioners.

William Maynard, Atty. Gen., Elmer T. Bourque, Deputy Atty. Gen., Alexander J. Kalinski, Asst. Atty. Gen. of New Hampshire, for respondent.


GIGNOUX, District Judge (serving by designation).

Petitioners are presently confined in the New Hampshire State Prison under sentences of death imposed upon their convictions of murder in the Hillsborough County Superior Court on November 14, 1959. The New Hampshire Supreme Court sustained the convictions in State v. Nelson, 103 N.H. 478, 175 A.2d 814 (November 30, 1961), and the United States Supreme Court denied direct review by certiorari...

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