District Court, D. North Dakota January 21, 1964, Civ. No. 594 (Butler v. United States)

REGISTER, Chief Judge.

The petitioner in this action, Lester E. Butler, was one of the defendants named in criminal action number 156, which case was prosecuted in this Court. Mr. Butler was tried by a jury, convicted and sentenced, and from such judgment of conviction and sentence, he appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.