McDonald v. Hudspeth

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Walter McDonald, a prisoner in the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, has appealed from an order denying him a writ of habeas corpus on his. unverified petition. His petition is hot tomed on Amendment VI, U. S. Constitution : “the right to a speedy and public trial” and the right “to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” It states petitioner was held in custody from March 28, 1938, until trial on January 24, 1939, and was illegally - deprived of his right to a speedy trial, and that the prosecutor and judge conspired to deprive petitioner of the…