Charles F. Hanovich v. Beryl C. Sacks, as Warden Ohio Penitentiary

This appeal is from an order of the District Court denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We assigned counsel to represent him here. An oral hearing was conducted in the District Court, but no transcript of evidence has been filed. It appears from the papers in the case that Hanovich was indicted by the Grand Jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio on January 6, 1929 on a charge of murder in the first degree resulting from shooting a policeman with a pistol. He entered a plea of not guilty. He was represented by competent counsel of his own choosing. The…