In re Wilfong

LEVIN, District Judge.

On the suggestion of the Court and with the consent of the petitioners, an order was entered consolidating both petitions for hearing, pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following Section 723c.

In May, 1938, the petitioners were convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, for the violation of 12 U.S.GA. § 588b, and each was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years. Upon the direction of the Attorney General they were committed to the U. S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Later,…