Legal Opinion
Linningen v. Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1917No. 4836PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. Habeas corpus by William H. Uinningen, on the petition of T. W. Bell, against Thomas W. Morgan. Judgment dismissing the petition, and the petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
The appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was unlawfully confined in the United States penitentiary at Reavenworth, Kan. There is no dispute about the facts. An indictment was returned against appellant in the United States District Court for the District of Indiana, which contained two counts. The first count charged:
“That William H. Linningen, late of said district, at the district aforesaid, on the nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven, .unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously did then…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bartholomew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
- State ex rel. Dudoussat v. KlockSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Marco Alfonso RamirezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Josef Petsche v. John T. Clingan, District Director, United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Ex Parte StewartCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
- United States v. Marco Alfonso RamirezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977