Chase v. Hiatt

WATSON, District Judge.

The defendant was indicted in the Southern District of New York on two counts, charged with possessing and passing a check on which he forged the name of the maker. He pleaded guilty to both counts and, on July 12, 1939, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on Count One and to two years’ probation on Count Two. March 8, 1943, he was arraigned for violation of probation. The probation was revoked, and he was sentenced to two years on Count Two. He is now serving that sentence in the United States Penitentiary at Lewis-burg, Pennsylvania.

In this habeas corpus…