THOMAS v. HUNTER

No. 1158.

78 F.Supp. 925 (1948)

THOMAS v. HUNTER.

District Court, D. Kansas, First Division.

July 8, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. McCue, of Topeka, Kan., for petitioner.

Randolph Carpenter, U. S. Atty. and Eugene W. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Topeka, Kan., for respondnt.


HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this action Richard J. Thomas seeks release from the custody of respondent, Walter A. Hunter, through the medium of a writ of habeas corpus. A somewhat detailed statement of fact of petitioner's history in the Federal courts is necessary in order to understand the issues involved in this litigation.

Petitioner was first convicted on a Dyer Act, charge 18 U.S.C.A. § 408, and sentenced to a term of five years (later reduced to...

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