Ex Parte Groom

Informations were filed in the district court of Rosebud county charging Thomas Groom with the crime of receiving stolen property belonging to the United States. His arrest and imprisonment followed. He applied to this court for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his discharge from custody, on the ground that since the property in question belongs to the United States, the state court is without jurisdiction and that the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over the crimes.

Section 101, Title 18, U. S. C. A., provides: “Whoever shall receive, conceal, or aid in concealing, or shall have…