HARRIS, District Judge.
In the late afternoon of Thursday, January 19, 1951, William Jerome Phyle, through his mother, presented to this Court a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. It was alleged therein, in substance, that he was unlawfully detained by the Warden of San Quentin penitentiary; that he was to be executed the following morning; that he was denied due process within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; that he was insane and entitled to a hearing...
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