CRAVEN v. HUDSPETH

No. 38,613

172 Kan. 731 (1952)

242 P.2d 823

HAROLD M. CRAVEN, Appellant, v. R.H. HUDSPETH, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 12, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Craven, appellant, was on the briefs pro se.

Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, Paul E. Wilson, assistant attorney general, and Colonel H. Boone, county attorney, were on the briefs for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

THIELE, J.:

Harold M. Craven filed his petition in the district court of Leavenworth county for a writ of habeas corpus to procure his release from the state penitentiary. The warden of the penitentiary answered, a trial was had, petitioner was denied relief and he has appealed to this court.

As set forth in his petition the gist of plaintiff's allegations that he...

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