Legal Opinion
In re Humphrey
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided May 9, 1944No. Civ. No. 1008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, District Judge.
Humphrey, as an inmate of the United States Public Health Service Hospital at Fort Worth, applied for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was being held illegally. Appropriate orders were granted and the cause set for hearing today.
Testimony develops the fact that on September 24, 1941, the applicant was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for a narcotic violation. The sentence was probated for two years.
On September 29, 1942, the probation was revoked and a ten-year sentence was imposed.
There was no authority for the changing of the sentence, on September…
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