Hayman

We are he:re dealing with an additional phase of the “Hayman” case of many vicissitudes.

Hayman is appealing from an order of the United States District Court denying his motion made pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 .

Heretofore, appellant was tried in the above entitled court to Honorable William Mathes, Judge presiding (a jury having been waived), upon six counts of an indictment and he was found guilty as to all counts. Each of the charged offenses related to the theft of United States Treasury checks. Attorney A. P. Entenza, appellant’s employed counsel, appeared and conducted appellant’s defense throughout the trial.

At the trial there was testimony by Mrs. Juanita Jackson and Miss Dorothy McClain that appellant, sometimes in company with one or the other or both of them, would drive his automobile to or near residences, and at appellant’s direction one of the women would go to the residential mail boxes and extract therefrom United States mail consisting of brown government envelopes containing government pay checks drawn to others than the three. The checks would he endorsed by appellant or one of his companions by the forging on each check of the payee’s name. The…