Scalia v. United States

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for Massachusetts dismissing the petition of Frank Scalia for a writ of habeas corpus and ordering him committed until a fine is paid.

It appears that tho petitioner having been indicted at the March term, 1929, of tho District Court charged, in the first count, with the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor and, in the second, with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, did, on June 20, 1929, plead guilty to each offense and, on that day, was sentenced generally to pay a fine of $500 and be…