Garrison v. Reeves

The petitioners for mandamus are confined in the penitentiary at Alcatraz, California, pursuant to sentences imposed by respondent, Judge Reeves, under two counts of an indictment duly brought against them, together with others, in the District Court for the Western District, of Missouri. The sentence imposed under count one was for the term of twenty years and the sentence under count two was for the term of twenty-five years, said terms to be served consecutively. The same indictment was after-wards considered .by this court on the appeal of a co-defendant, Paul M. Hewitt, from his judgment…