IN RE CONWAY v. CRANOR

No. 31405.

37 Wn.2d 303 (1950)

223 P.2d 452

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of HENRY CONWAY, Appellant, v. JOHN CRANOR, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

October 30, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Conway, pro se.

The Attorney General and Lawrence K. McDonell, Assistant, for respondent.


MALLERY, J.

The petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary on January 7, 1943, by the superior court for Yakima county, after a jury trial. He, thereafter, applied to this court for the right to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in forma pauperis, which was granted August 23, 1948. An order to show cause on the petition for the writ was directed, by this court, to the respondent on September 25, 1948, returnable before...

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