People ex rel. Reno v. Ragen

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner has appealed from an order of the District Court denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. This court has granted him leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and the record discloses the requisite certificate of probable cause.

Petitioner is a prisoner in custody of respondent, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois, under sentence of imprisonment for a term of ten years to life upon conviction of the crime of armed robbery. His sentence was imposed on August 12, 1926. In November, 1936, petitioner was paroled to Cameron, Texas;…