Rives v. Johnson

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Nov. 5, 1934.

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1934-11-05

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Relies on Rives v. O'Hearne

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Decided 1934-11-05

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¶1Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, HITZ, and GRO'NER, Associate Justices.

¶2HITZ, Associate Justice.

¶3This appeal relates to an order of the Supreme Court of the District in a habeas corpus proceeding discharging appellee, Johnson, who had been sentenced and committed to jail on June 30, 1933, for violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA), and involves the same question decided this day in Rives v. O’Hearne, 64 App. D. C. 48, 73 F.(2d) 984. For the reasons therein stated, the order discharging appellee is reversed.

¶4Reversed.