ST. SURE, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks his release from Alcatraz Prison upon a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that his detention is illegal because the judgments and commitments upon which he is held are void.
Upon hearing it appears that two indictments were returned against petitioner in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northern Division, on June 5, 1939, numbered, respectively, 13166 and 13167.
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