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IN RE BURGESS v. CRANOR

No. 31795.

39 Wn.2d 428 (1951)

235 P.2d 830

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of JACKSON C. BURGESS, Petitioner, v. JOHN R. CRANOR, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

September 28, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson C. Burgess, pro se.

The Attorney General and Jennings P. Felix, Assistant, for respondent.

FINLEY, J.

Jackson C. Burgess filed an original petition in this court for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that he was restrained of his liberty in the state penitentiary under judgment, sentence and commitment by the superior court of Clark county; that the judgment and sentence were void and of no legal effect. The superintendent of the state penitentiary, respondent, denied petitioner's allegations of unlawful restraint. Thereupon, respondent was ordered...

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