Show BOOTH IS WANTED IN SHEPARDS SHEPARD'S CASE GASE Attorney for Bookseller Requests Requests Requests Re Re- quests District Attorney to toV V Attend Hearing IN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Habeas Corpus Proceedings May Be Followed to Su Supreme Supreme Su- Su preme Court Hiram E. E Booth United States district dis dl- attorney Is In receipt of or a letter letter letter let let- of Kansas Kans Kansas Kan Kan- ter from froni the district attorney at t the hearing hearIng learing hear lear sas s asking hl assistance ing of the R. R 13 13 B. Shepard habeas corpus corpus corpus cor cor- cor- cor pus petition before the te federal eral court courtIn In Kansas December 17 The rue petition Is made IJ by Je Jesso Jeso o B. B Hoot Shepards Shepard's s 's attorney and sets ets up numerous h why Shepard shoUld bo ho re released released re- re grounds re-I re leased from the tho federal prison on at Leavenworth The petition is H based on tim the grounds that his conviction In the Utah federal court was unlawful In that the statute I on which Shepard was Indicted is unconstitutional unconstitutional unconstitutional un un- un- un constitutional also and the chief reason reason rea rca son that thal Shepard was unlawfully tr n transferred from the tho Utah ULah state prison prison pris pris- Other points on to the tho federal prison are aro cited which make the case one that will HI doubtless be ho carried again to the federal Supreme court Mr Booth has wired to the department depart depart- ment meat of ot Ju Justice for instructions At t Attorney tome torney Roots Root's efforts to obtain an n acquittal acquittal ac HC- ac- ac for fOl his client cHent and later to obtain ob oh- tam tain a reversal re of ot the tho verdict and now to secure habeas corpus have e made a a. unique seriel story ston In legal procedure The hearing heaving will be a leading lending one ono on the subject and eagerly watched by others than the parties to the Shepard case as numerous other transfers to the federal prison from state penitentiaries have been made r. r |