Stoneburg v. Hiatt

ALBERT W. JOHNSON, District Judge.

The petitioner, John H. Stoneburg, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and after due hearing had thereon, the following facts appear:

He was originally sentenced on May 20, 1942 in the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, Criminal Division, under Docket Nos. 421512, 421513, and 421514 to 120 days on each of these three cases, the sentences being consecutive— making a total of 360 days; each of the three sentences designating that he be committed to a jail type of institution. On May 29, 1942 he was sentenced in the District Court of the…