United States v. Courtney Townsend Taylor

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sugarman, J., presiding) denying a motion of the defendant, Taylor, under the Habeas Corpus Act, 1 to vacate his conviction by the same court for “transporting” in interstate commerce “falsely made” and “forged” “securities” “with unlawful or fraudulent intent.” 2 The petition was based upon the theory that the sentence was “imposed in violation of * * * laws of the United States,” because the facts alleged were not within the statute. The sentence was imposed upon a plea of…