Hampson v. Smith

GARRECHT, Circuit judge.

The appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the court below, alleging an illegal search, seizure, and arrest. Finding that the petitioner has never applied for a writ of error coram nobis in any court of the State of Washington and therefore has not exhausted his state remedies, the court below dismissed the petition. From the order of dismissal, the present appeal was taken, in forma pauperis.

The petition recites that in the early morning of February 21, 1940, the appellant was taken into custody by two police officers of Tacoma, Washington, at his…