Manning v. Biddle

WOODROUGH, District Judge.

The appellant was denied a writ of habeas corpus by the district court in Kansas, and remanded to serve out a sentence of fine and imprisonment at Leavenworth for ten years imposed upon him by a district court in Missouri. The appeal is to review the order.

Appellant claims that the indictment upon which his conviction and sentence are founded was merely an attempt to charge an impossible offense, colorless and wholly void, and that his imprisonment is without lawful authority or justification.

The indictment is very lengthy because of the number of counts which,…