United States ex rel. Rogalski v. Jackson

BRENNAN, District Judge.

There is presented by mail to this Court the written petition of Stephen Rogalski which prays that a writ of habeas corpus issue, directed to the Warden of Clinton Prison at Dannemora, New York, requiring that he show cause why the petitioner should not be discharged from imprisonment therein.

In view of the disposition to be made of this application a brief statement of the facts disclosed in the petition is made below.

*219On July 2, 1938, the relator, Stephen Rogalski, together with two companions, Shinsky (Gerschinsky) and Todaro, were passengers in an automobile driven…