James R. Stevenson v. United States

FAHY Circuit Judge ’, , Appellant was indicted m this juris- .. ,. ^ ,, diction December 3, 1957, for the crime-of falae tenses ag defined in 22 D.c. Code 1801 (19B1) allegedly committed, Mm Qn 0ctober 19 1957_ The essence. of the charge wag that he purchased an. automobile and paid for it with a check. on a bank where he had no account. The defense was based on intoxication.

Appellant was tried and convicted April 6, 1959, about sixteen months subsequent to the indictment. In the interim he was detained in the Maryland House of Correction, in Maryland, from late 1957 until released March 6,…