Blood v. Hudspeth

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

James R. Blood, hereinafter called petitioner, brings for review an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from the custody of the warden of the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. In October, 1934, two indictments were returned against petitioner and a co-defendant in the United States Court for Northern Oklahoma. The first, drawn under section 218 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 347, contained four counts. The first count charged the forging and counterfeiting of the signature of the postmaster at Catoosa, Oklahoma, to a post…