YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
The petitioner, David Blackney, was found guilty of house-breaking and larceny and sentenced by this Court on February 15, 1957. He filed his notice of appeal ten days later.
On May 16, 1957, after having received an extension of time to file the record on appeal, petitioner moved for a new trial alleging an unreasonably lengthy detention and that the confession, admitted into evidence at the trial, was coerced and the result of...
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