Mintie v. Biddle

PARIS, District Judge.

Appellant, confined in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, serving a sentence of a year and a day, and until he shall pay a fine of $500, or be otherwise discharged, sought discharge below through a writ of habeas corpus; being cast, he appealed in the conventional way.

The facts upon which he was sentenced are in brief these: He was jointly indicted with one Levy and another for violating section 215 of the Penal Code (Comp. St. § 10385). He was at large on bail, but his co-defendants were not, and on February 14, 1923, he appeared before the District Court…