Leslie Cameron v. H. C. McLeod Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

On January 30, 1939, petitioner was convicted in the District Court of Washington County, Oklahoma, of murder in the first degree and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment. He is now confined in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma discharging the writ of habeas corpus and denying petitioner relief.

It is regretable that the State of Oklahoma did not see fit to appear on behalf of the Warden of the State Penitentiary either in the Federal District Court or in…