Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Roger Touhy, Relator-Appellee v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1955No. 11249_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
The relator, Roger Touhy, is confined in the Illinois State Penitentiary pursuant to the terms and provisions of two judgments of conviction. On February 24, 1934, the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, imposed upon him a sentence of 99 years for the crime of kidnapping for ransom. On November 30, 1943, the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, sentenced him for a term of 199 years for the crime of aiding a prisoner to escape from a penitentiary.
On April 2,1948, relator filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court for the Northern District of…
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