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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSTON

Civ. No. 13687.

139 F.Supp. 890 (1955)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Alfred J. ACKERMAN v. Frank C. JOHNSTON, Warden, Western State Penitentiary.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 2, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie H. Matson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for relator, Alfred J. Ackerman.

James F. Malone, Jr., Dist. Atty., Wendell G. Freeland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Herbert B. Cohen, Atty., Gen., Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.

MARSH, District Judge.

The relator and respondent agree to the following findings of fact, which are adopted by the court:

1. Petitioner, Alfred J. Ackerman, is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in this district.

2. At the time when these proceedings were instituted, petitioner was confined to the Western State Penitentiary in the custody...

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