Legal Opinion

Grant v. Guernsey

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 23, 1933No. 610PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

The appellee was discharged from' custody on his petition for writ of habeas corpus.

The facts disclosed by appellee’s petition, the return thereto on an order to show cause by Grant and Lewis, respectively county attorney and sheriff of Montgomery county, Kan., and the hearing had thereon are: In September, 1930, Guernsey was indicted in the United States District Court for Kansas for violations of the National Banking Act, and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three and a half years, but on account of his age (74 years),…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  3. Mackenzie v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1905
  4. Adamy v. ParkhurstCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Wall v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  2. Bert Strand, Sheriff of San Diego County, State of California v. William SchmittrothCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
  3. United States Ex Rel. Demarois v. FarrellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
  4. Stamphill v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
  5. Rawls v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948

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