GENDRON v. BURNHAM


82 A.2d 773 (1951)

GENDRON v. BURNHAM, Keeper of Cumberland County Jail.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred A. Hay, Portland, Gendron, Fenderson & McDougal, Sanford, for petitioner.

Alexander A. LaFleur, Atty. Gen., William H. Niehoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel C. McDonald, County Atty., Portland, for respondent.

Before MURCHIE, C. J., and THAXTER, FELLOWS, MERRILL, NULTY and WILLIAMSON, JJ.


MERRILL, Justice.

On report. Writ of habeas corpus certified to Chief Justice for immediate decision by the Justices upon findings of fact by a Justice of the Superior Court and by agreement of the parties in accord with the procedure employed in Welch v. Sheriff, 95 Me. 451, 50 A. 88 and Wade v. Warden, 145 Me. ___, 73 A.2d 128.

The prisoner, in obedience to a subpoena, appeared and was sworn as a witness before the grand...

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