Francis Marion Black v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

283 F.2d 314

Francis Marion BLACK, Appellant,

v.

O. B. ELLIS, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Appellee.

No. 18161.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 21, 1960.

Francis Marion Black, in pro. per., Huntsville, Tex., Norman Prendergast, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Linward Shivers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

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This appeal tests the legality of an order of the court below denying, from the face of petitioner's pleading, his application for writ of habeas corpus. The grounds for the denial are thus…