United States ex rel. Ackerman v. Johnston

MARSH, District Judge.

The relator and respondent agree to the following findings of fact, which are adopted by the court:

1. Petitioner, Alfred J. Ackerman, is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in this district.

2. At the time when these proceedings were instituted, petitioner was confined to the Western State Penitentiary in the custody of F. C. Johnston, Warden, as a state prisoner.

3. Petitioner was originally committed to the Allegheny County Jail on March 4, 1955, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County,…