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SHEFFIELD v. BROOKS

No. 21170.

336 F.2d 835 (1964)

B. R. SHEFFIELD, Appellant, v. Ernest BROOKS, Sheriff of Hill County, Texas, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Cofer, Austin, Tex., William B. Martin, Hillsboro, Tex., Ben Geeslin, Brady, Tex., Cofer, Cofer & Hearne, Austin, Tex., for appellant.

Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard M. Fender, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, Tex., Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for appellees.

Before BROWN, MOORE and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas which denied, after a hearing, a writ of habeas corpus. A certificate of probable cause has been granted. Appellant was convicted after a jury trial in the District Court of Hill County, Texas, for the offense of uttering and passing a forged instrument in writing relating to and affecting title to land. On appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal...

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