Casement v. Squier

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Gerald E. Casement, a federal penitentiary prisoner, sought his freedom by applying to the United States District Court Judge for the writ of habeas corpus directed to P. J. Squier, warden. The judge dismissed the petition and petitioner appeals.

Petitioner is serving a sentence imposed upon him by the United States Court for China, and the only reason given for his claimed right to be forthwith released from custody is that he was denied a jury in his trial for murder and that the Constitution of the United States guaranteed him this right.

The United States Court for…