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WILSON v. TURNER

No. 37,773

168 Kan. 1 (1949)

208 P.2d 846

JOHNNIE E. WILSON, Appellant, v. LEONARD TURNER, Sheriff of Leavenworth County, Kansas, JOHN DOE, Agent of the state of Mississippi, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 30, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Clegg, of St. Louis, Mo., and Elisha Scott, Sr., of Topeka, argued the cause, and Homer Davis, of Leavenworth, John J. Scott and Charles S. Scott, both of Topeka, were with them on the brief for the appellant.

C. Harold Hughes, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, and Colonel H. Boone, county attorney, were with him on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court denying petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The facts, as disclosed by the record before us, are as follows:

Petitioner, a member of the colored race, was convicted of three counts of burglary in Washington county, Mississippi, on February 2, 1946, and was sentenced to confinement in the Mississippi state penitentiary for...

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