United States ex rel. Williams v. Tahash

DONOVAN, District Judge.

Petitioner sought relief by application for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court signed and filed its order to show cause and a hearing was had thereon. Respondent appeared by Mr. Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General of Minnesota, and had with him Mr. R. H. Tahash, the acting Warden of the Minnesota State Prison, who was also in attendance at the hearing to show cause.

The file contents disclose petitioner’s application, respondent’s original return to said order to show cause, together with an affidavit of service thereof on petitioner. The affidavits and all files and…