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Thomas M. RIVES, Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail, Appellant, v. Harry T. JOHNSON, Appellee

73 F.2d 986·United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit·1934

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Opinion

Thomas M. RIVES, Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail, Appellant, v. Harry T. JOHNSON, Appellee. No. 6264. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Decided Nov. 5, 1934. Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, HITZ, and GRO'NER, Associate Justices. [MAJORITY — HITZ, Associate Justice.] HITZ, Associate Justice. This appeal relates to an order of the Supreme Court of the District in a habeas corpus proceeding discharging appellee, Johnson, who had been sentenced and committed to jail on June 30, 1933, for violation of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA), and involves the same question decided this day in Rives v. O’Hearne, 64 App. D. C. 48, 73 F.(2d) 984. For the reasons therein stated, the order discharging appellee is reversed. Reversed.