Arley Ward v. United States

HILL, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from an order entered, after an evidentiary hearing, denying a petition for a writ of error coram nobis.

The facts, as disclosed by the evidence and found by the trial court, may be summarized as follows: Appellant-petitioner, in 1931, was charged by indictment in the District of Kansas with violation of the Motor Vehicle Theft Act. He was thereafter arraigned upon the indictment and entered a plea of not guilty. Subsequently, by agreement with the government prosecutor, he appeared before the trial court, pleaded guilty to the charge and the imposition of…