UNITED STATES v. HILL

No. 5592.

74 F.2d 822 (1934)

UNITED STATES ex rel. BROWN v. HILL, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

December 6, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Brown, pro se.

Frank J. McDonnell, U. S. Atty., of Scranton, Pa., and Herman F. Reich, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Sunbury, Pa., for appellee.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Robert Brown was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district of New Jersey for passing and possessing counterfeit bills. On December 8, 1932, the court imposed a sentence that he "be committed for the term of five years in a Federal Penitentiary * * *, term to commence October 15, 1932." He was promptly committed and thereupon began serving his sentence.

It is clear from the words of the sentence that the term of imprisonment was five years...

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