PEOPLE EX REL. HOLZAPPLE v. RAGEN

No. 32921.

2 Ill.2d 124 (1954)

117 N.E.2d 390

THE PEOPLE ex rel. William Holzapple, Petitioner, v. JOSEPH E. RAGEN, Warden, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM HOLZAPPLE, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (FRED G. LEACH, of counsel,) for respondent.


Petitioner remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus by William Holzapple, a prisoner in the State penitentiary at Joliet. The respondent is Joseph E. Ragen, warden of the penitentiary.

On December 3, 1920, petitioner committed burglary and an indictment for the crime was returned in the April term, 1921, of the criminal court of Cook County. After a finding of...

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