Show COURT RULING ASKED ON REPEAL EFFECT Dry Law Violator Seeks Release Release Release Re Re- lease From Prison WASHINGTON Jan 13 13 fP The JP-The The supreme court Is expected to announce announce an an- on Monday whether it will consider a case brought in an effort to open prison doors to all violators of the federal prohibition law now pending sentences Alfred R. R now serving a sentence in the northeastern penitentiary peni pent at Lewisburg Va Vu started habeas corpus proceedings to obtain his freedom on the ground he could no longer be held a prisoner as the law under which he had been convicted convicted convicted con con- had been repealed The federal district court for lor middie middle mid mid- dIe dle Pennsylvania held against him Wm and he appealed directly to the supreme supreme su su- preme court It was stated today unofficially that in view of the fact the Third district court of appeals has not passed on the question the high tribunal may not consider the case on its merits merit at this time |