Batson v. United States

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Clarence L. Batson, was found guilty by a jury in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, on each of two counts of an indictment charging him with violations of the Dyer Act. On June 22, 1940, sentence was imposed on each of the two counts. The judgment and commitment recited that “On this 22nd day of June, 1940, came the United States Attorney, and the defendant, Clarence L. Batson, appearing in proper person, and being represented by counsel^ appointed by the court, and

After his commitment to the penitentiary, he filed a…