Prisament v. United States

The petition in this case shows that it is a suit filed under the act of May 24, 1938, 52 Stat. 438; sections 7291 to 732, inclusive, Title 18, U. S. Code (Sup. Y), which is an Act to grant relief to persons erroneously convicted in the courts of the United States. The petition may be súmmarized by stating that it alleges that the plaintiff and another party were tried June 9, 1937, in the United States District Court of the Middle District of Georgia, on the charge of robbing a bank and that although they were in New York City on the date of the robbery and offered proof of the fact the jury…