Carroll v. Zerbst

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. The petition was filed in October, 1933, and it was denied on June 9, 1934. These are the facts: The United States Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma committed petitioner to the penitentiary at ’ Leavenworth, Kan., for a term of seven years and he began serving it on March 27, 1926. After serving eleven months, he escaped on February 28, 1927, and was returned on June 27, 1928. He was subsequently taken to Maryland to respond to an indictment in that district charging him with burglary of a post. office and -larceny of…