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UNITED STATES v. RAGEN

No. 43-C-624.

52 F.Supp. 265 (1943)

UNITED STATES ex rel. FOLEY v. RAGEN, Warden, et al.

District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

September 30, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac E. Ferguson, Kenneth B. Hawkins, and Leslie H. Vogel, all of Chicago, Ill., for relator.

George F. Barrett, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Hector A. Brouillet, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Illinois, and Thomas J. Courtney, State's Atty., and James V. Cunningham, Asst. State's Atty., both of Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

BARNES, District Judge.

Earlier habeas corpus case. On August 16, 1942, George Foley addressed to the writer and managed to mail from prison a one-page letter, which he entitled "A petition for a writ of habeas corpus." In this letter, Foley stated merely that he was detained in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, in violation of the constitution of the United States. As now appears, on August 16th Foley made an abortive attempt to mail to...

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