Raymond Crump, Jr. v. Sam Anderson, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail

DANAHER, Circuit Judge:

The appellant after a hearing on November 9, 1964, was denied a writ of habeas corpus. It was developed at the hearing that Crump had been detained pursuant to an indictment, dated October 19, 1964, wherein the grand jury had charged him with murder in the first degree. He had been committed to jail on October 20, 1964. He has here contended that the indictment could not validly operate to deprive him of a preliminary hearing pursuant to the provisions of Fed.R.Crim.P. 5.

Attorney Roundtree having entered appearance for Crump on October 28, 1964, Crump was arraigned on…