Birtch v. Hunter

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying discharge in a habeas corpus proceedings.

On January 6, 1943, two indictments were returned in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, against the appellants, James Chester Birtch and William Arthur Den-ham, and others as co-defendants. The first indictment charged violations of the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 415, and the second a conspiracy to violate such Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 418a.

The substantive case came on for trial before a jury with appellants being represented by counsel of…