William Ernest Hoffman v. United States

Appellant was indicted by a grand jury May 20, 1955, charged with seven counts of violating Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 495 , by forging the endorsement on seven Government checks.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty on six counts. Count III was dismissed. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment on Count I; two and one-half years on Count II; to run consecutively; five years as to Counts IV, V and VI, each to run concurrently with Count I; five years on Count VII, suspended and with probation granted thereon commmencing at the expiration of the term served on Counts I and II.

Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 495 reads in pertinent part as follows:

The section quoted, enacted June 25, 1948 (c. 645, 62 Stat. 711 ), was based on Title 18 U.S.C.A. (1940 Ed.) § 73.

Appellant took no appeal from the judgment of conviction. This is an appeal from the order of the lower court, denying appellant’s motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 , to correct the sentence entered against appellant.

The appellant appears here in propria persona. Although he sets forth his views on the merits of his contentious with force, his briefs reflect the unfamiliarity with legal principles and procedures that…