Walsh v. Johnston

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Heretofore, the appellant, while in the custody of the warden of the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging that the murder for which he was convicted occurred outside the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California wherein he was convicted and, consequently, that the judgment was void. This court sustained the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissing his petition upon the ground that the jurisdictional…