Pringle v. United States

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Following a practice sustained by Holiday v. Johnston, 313 U.S. 342, 550, 61 S.Ct. 1015, 85 L.Ed. 1392, Meyers v. United States, 5 Cir., 116 F.2d 601, and Miller v. United States, 5 Cir., 128 F.2d 519, R. L. Pringle, a prisoner at Alcatraz Penitentiary, petitioned the court that sentenced him to correct the sentence for illegality appearing on its face. His petition was heard and overruled, and he appeals.

He was convicted in 1935 on six counts. Two counts based on 18 U.S.C.A. § 320 were for robbing two mail carriers of stated mail matter. On these he was given a term of…