Clough v. Hunter

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing appellant’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, discharging the writ and remanding appellant to the custody of the appellee, the Warden of the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The sole question is whether the court below had jurisdiction to entertain appellant’s application for the writ.

Appellant was charged by an indictment containing two counts with the offense of transporting two women in interstate commerce for purposes of prostitution and debauchery. He entered a plea on both counts in the United States District…