SCHNEIDER v. MacDOUGALL

Civ. A. No. AC-1578.

236 F.Supp. 655 (1964)

Oscar E. SCHNEIDER, Petitioner, v. Ellis C. MacDOUGALL, Director, Department of Corrections, State of South Carolina, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

December 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar E. Schneider, pro se.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, and Edward B. Latimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for respondents.


HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.

The above styled petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus contains numerous allegations that Petitioner's present confinement is in violation of his rights under the Constitution of the United States.

The substance of Petitioner's complaint is that he has been confined by the State of South Carolina since 1947, against his will, without ever having been convicted of a crime or even any appearance in a court of law.

The confinement...

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