Joseph H. Akers v. United States

SIMONS, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate sentence, under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The indictment contained five counts, each charging the transportation of forged securities in interstate commerce from points in Tennessee to points in Ohio and Virginia, at different dates. He was found guilty in a trial to a jury upon each count and sentenced to ten years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

Appellant contends that the indictment was insufficient; that there was former jeopardy; that he was deprived of a speedy trial; that the punishment was…