United States v. Tacoma

SWAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in forma pauperis by a convict confined in the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, from an order denying his motion pursuant to 28 U.S. C.A. § 2255 to correct the sentence imposed upon him on December 2, 1943. He had previously been convicted in 1935 .upon a two count indictment charging counterfeiting offenses. On count 1 of this indictment, No. C 96-836; he was sentenced to five years imprisonment; on count 2 ¡he received a like term but execution was suspended and he was put on probation for five years to begin after expiration of the sentence'…