United States ex rel. Lutz v. Ragen

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus brought in •the District Court after petitioner had exhausted his remedies in the State court. Gn June 3, 1935, petitioner was duly indicted and .thereafter tried before a jury, found guilty in the Circuit Court of Grundy County, Illinois, of' the crime of murder, .and by that court, pursuant to the verdict -of the jury, sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of his natural life.

The ground upon which the petition for writ of habeas corpus was based was that his trial and conviction were without due…