Richard Allen v. William H. Bannan, Warden, State Prison of Southern Michigan

HARRY PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The undisputed background facts may be summarized as follows:

On morning of November 3 1957, fire occurred in a house in Grand Rapids mad resulting in the death of Qne of the inhabitants. That same day petitioner was taken into custody by the police and questioned concerning the fire. The next day petitioner consented to a polygraph test. This test indicated deception, and interrogation was resumed that evening. Further interrogation took place on November 5, and that afternoon petitioner…