Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Gash v. Nierstheimer
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided December 23, 1947No. Civ. A. No. 750-DPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
The relator, James Thomas Gash, in his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, avers that he is unlawfully detained upon a sentence, by virtue of a verdict of guilty by a jury, for murder; that “he is being deprived of his liberty without due process of law”; that in the trial “he was denied protection of his rights guaranteed him by the constitution”; that the court refused to hear *993witnesses in his behalf; that “before the time of the crime and afterwards, he was suffering from a mental ailment”; that “the court refused him counsel when it rendered judgment”; that “the…
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