Reger v. Hudspeth

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The appeal in this case brings under review an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Fred Reger, hereinafter called petitioner, and Ross Clyde Canino were indicted in the United States court for Colorado. The indictment contained fifteen counts, numbered one to fourteen, inclusive, and sixteen. There was no count numbered fifteen. The odd numbered counts each charged the possession of a counterfeit coin in the resemblance and similitude of a genuine one-dollar silver coin, and the even numbered counts each charged the uttering and passing of such a coin.…