Davis v. Dowd

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Petitioner, convicted in 1933 of the crimes of kidnapping, robbery and robbery while armed, in the Circuit Court of Vigo County, Indiana, an inmate of the Indiana State Prison, appeals from an order of the District Court' denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contends that in the proceedings in the state court, denial of right to counsel of his own choice, fixing of excessive bail and imposition of unreasonably severe and multiple punishment worked infringement of his constitutional rights. In those proceedings, the state court appointed for…