BROWN v. JOHNSTON

No. 8498.

91 F.2d 370 (1937)

BROWN v. JOHNSTON, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman A. Brown, in pro. per.

H. H. McPike, U. S. Atty., and A. J. Zirpoli, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The appellant, who will be referred to as petitioner, is confined in the United States prison at Alcatraz. His petition sets out substantially the following facts:

On October 31, 1918, he was sentenced by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in case No. 33462 to serve ten years in prison. On the same date the same court sentenced him in case...

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