Blake v. Moyer

Decided July 2, 1913.)

Georgia Northern District Court · decided 1913-07-02

<p>Application by Edward F. Blake for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from the custody of William H. Moyer, Warden of the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.</p>

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Denied · Decided 1913-07-02

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¶1Application by Edward F. Blake for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from the custody of William H. Moyer, Warden of the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.

¶2Denied.

¶3Lamar Hill, of Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

¶4John W. Henley, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

¶5NEWMAN, District Judge.

¶6This Is an application to be discharged, under habeas corpus, from confinement in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. The petitioner was indicted with Prank Howard, whose case has just been disposed of, and at the same time, on the same counts, and was sentenced by the court on the same date for the same term.

¶7For the reasons stated in Hie opinion in the Howard Case, 206 Fed. 555, this application for discharge under habeas corpus must be denied, and the petitioner be remanded to the custody of the warden of the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.