Sweetney v. Johnston

ST. SURE, District Judge.

Petitioner, who is detained at Alcatraz prison, applies for a writ of habeas corpus. The question for decision relates to deductions from sentences for good conduct as provided for in the commutation Statutes, particularly in § 710 of 18 U.S.C.A.. Petitioner was convicted of theft of an automobile (violation of § 826b of the District of Columbia Code, D.C.Code 1940, § 22 — 2204) on December 11, 1936, and sentenced to serve from one to five years in the penitentiary; on February 15, 1938, he was convicted of an assault committed on a Government reservation (violation…