United States v. Sehon Chinn

WATKINS, District Judge.

This is a motion by defendant, who is now imprisoned at Alcatraz, Cal., to vacate a sentence of 4 years imposed upon him by this court in this case. A similar motion was made to vacate the sentence in this case on March 10, 1946, which was denied. U. S. v. Sehon Chinn, D.C.W.Va., 5 F. R.D. 226. Upon appeal such judgment was affirmed. Sehon Chinn v. United States, 4 Cir., 157 F.2d 1013.

The indictment charged that, “on or about the 5th day of January A.D. 1943, at Huntington, County of Cabell, State of West Virginia, district aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this…