Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Lanagan
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 23, 1937No. 5424PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. While the petitioner was serving sentence in the Hampden County Jail and House of Correction, he was indicted and found guilty in the state court of the offense of conveying into the jail two revolvers, adapted and useful to aid a person in making his escape, and with aiding and assisting a prisoner-in endeavoring to escape from the jail by use of said weapons. He was sentenced to the State Prison at Charlestown for a term of not more than ten years. The. petitioner seeks to be released from the custody of the warden,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Otis v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Gall v. BradyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1941
- Torrance v. SalzingerDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1961