Arthur W. Jones v. Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Arthur W. Jones is now before this Court on a reluctantly granted 1 certificate of probable cause, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253, and leave to appeal in forma pauperis, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915(a). The district court had previously denied Jones’ writ of habeas corpus, reasoning that “the fact of petitioner’s guilt of issuing worthless checks is virtually unchallenged. The checks were not acquired by the exploitation of any illegality. They were made known by an independent source (were not tainted) and were admissible in evidence.” See Ray v. United States, 5 Cir. 1967, 374 F.2d 638. Cf. Wong Sun v. United…