Parker v. Johnston

WELSH, District Judge.

Petitioner was indicted on three counts in the Northern District of Florida for violation of the kidnapping laws of the United States involving the kidnapping and unlawful transportation in interstate commerce of one Fred Paul Watkins from Marianna, Florida, to a point near Whig-ham, Georgia. On May 6, 1936, petitioner pleaded guilty to the indictment and was sentenced to the Federal Penitentiary for a period of twenty years.

In his application for writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from Alcatraz Penitentiary where he is now serving the sentence imposed upon him,…