United States of America Ex Rel. Francis Henry Bloeth, Relator-Appellant v. Wilfred Denno, as Warden of Sing Sing State Prison, Ossining, New York

Appellant, convicted of murder in the first degree in the County Court for the"' County of Suffolk, New York, and sentenced on May 18, 1960 to be executed, judgment affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals March 2, 1961, People v. Bloeth, 9 N.Y.2d 211, 213 N.Y.S.2d 51, 173 N.E.2d 782, remittitur amended 9 N.Y.2d 823, 215 N.Y.S.2d 769, 175 N.E.2d 347, certiorari denied October 9, 1961, 368 U.S. 868, 82 S.Ct. 98, 7 L.Ed.2d 65, petitioned in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for a writ of habeas corpus. Show cause order was granted, but the petition was…