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Barr v. McCorkle

270 U.S. 635 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1926-04-12 Docket No. 1060 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 635
No. 1060.
Charles Barr v. A. A. McCorkle, Warden and Keeper of the Tennessee State Penitentiary.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Motion to transfer cause submitted March 22, 1926.
Decided April 12, 1926.
Mr. Grover McCormick for appellant. Mr. William H. Swiggart for appellee.

Motion to transfer the appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied upon the authority of the act of February 13, 1925, c. 229, sec. 13, 43 Stat. 942 , and appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of the act pf February 13, 1925, c. 229, sec. 6 (a), 43 Stat. 940 , and sec. 13, supra.