Kranz v. Hiatt

FOLLMER, District Judge.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus which Carl Kranz, a prisoner in the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, seeks to file in forma pauperis, refers to testimony of witnesses and exhibits introduced against him at his trial, and alleges in substance that the verdict of the jury should have been “Not Guilty.” He also refers to a remark allegedly made by-the trial court during such proceedings which he contends was prejudicial.

It is well settled that habeas corpus cannot be substituted for an appeal from the judgment of conviction. In this case it…