Cossack v. Swope

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in a habeas corpus proceeding from an order of court denying the appellant release from custody. Appellant is confined in the United States penitentiary at McNeil Island. He was convicted of the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon in the robbery of two' banks. He was sentenced upon each of two indictments to twenty-five years’ imprisonment, the sentences to run consecutively. The judgment of conviction was confirmed by this court in Cossack v. United States, 9 Cir., 82 F.2d 214.

Appellant’s contention is that the indictments upon which he was tried…