Charles E. Thompson v. J. Ellis Overlade, Warden of the Indiana State Prison

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner on February 16, 1954, filed in the District Court his verified petition for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to the respondent, claiming that his conviction as an habitual criminal, under the laws of Indiana, and incarceration in the Indiana state prison, of which the respondent is now the warden, were in violation of his rights under the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the constitution of the United States.

On May 28, 1954, the District Court dismissed the petition, from which order this appeal was taken.

The district judge held, and respondent…