IN RE MASON v. CRANOR

No. 32182.

42 Wn.2d 610 (1953)

257 P.2d 211

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of BEN F. MASON, Appellant, v. JOHN R. CRANOR, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

May 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard J. Roe, for appellant.

The Attorney General and Rudolph Naccarato, Assistant, for respondent.


OLSON, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner, who is confined in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, filed his application in this court. The chief justice ordered that the matter be heard in Spokane county, where the last sentences were imposed upon petitioner. He appeared at this hearing and was represented by counsel appointed by the court.

On June 21, 1939, petitioner was sentenced in King county to...

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