Shiflett v. Welch

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner was convicted of manslaughter in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and the conviction was affirmed on appeal. Shiflett v. United States, 78 U.S.App.D.C. 403, 136 F.2d 765. The point raised by the petition for habeas corpus is in effect the same as that raised on the appeal, viz., that after the jury had mistakenly announced a verdict of not guilty on the first count of a two count indictment, as to which a verdict of not guilty had been directed on the second count,…