United States ex rel. Kranz v. Humphrey

This is an appeal f.'om an order denying a petition for habeas corpus.1

Appellant with six other persons was indicted October 5, 1943 in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey for conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act of 1917 2 by unlawfully disclosing information affecting the National Defense. He was tried and convicted of this and on January 5, 1944 was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General for eight years. He is at present confined in the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Appellant’s main contentions on this appeal are: (1) That a…