HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.
James Wiesenthal, appellant herein, petitioned the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was being unlawfully detained in the United States Penitentiary at McNeill Island, Washington. The District Court denied the petition and a timely appeal to this court was taken.
In April, 1956, appellant, who had been convicted under a federal charge, was sentenced to serve...
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