Logan v. Johnston

ST. SURE, District Judge.

Petitioner Harry James Logan, and a co-defendant were indicted in September, 1936, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania for kidnaping,1 for violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act,2 and for bank robbery.3 There are three separate indictments. As we are here dealing with the petition of Logan alone, reference to the actions of himself and co-defendant will be treated as applying to him personally where possible.

Petitioner was a fugitive from justice, was apprehended in Idaho, and brought before the United States…