Sengstack v. Hill

JOHNSON, District Judge.

A writ of habeas corpus was issued on a petition of Warren Sengstack, an inmate of the United States Northeastern Penitentiary.

The petitioner was sentenced by the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland as follows: “The sentence of the Court is two years in the pen*62itentiary and a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.) and commitment in default of the payment of the fine.”

The commitment issued by the clerk was in the following language: “Whereas * * * Warren Sengstack was sentenced by said Court, upon his conviction by a jury to be committed to…