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IN RE BUCKINGHAM v. CRANOR

No. 32669.

45 Wn.2d 116 (1954)

273 P.2d 494

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of W.H. BUCKINGHAM, Petitioner, v. JOHN R. CRANOR, as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adolf D. Koch, for petitioner.

The Attorney General and Cyrus A. Dimmick, Assistant, for respondent.

OLSON, J.

Petitioner is held by respondent under a judgment and sentence valid and regular on its face. It was entered May 25, 1950, upon the verdict of a jury convicting petitioner of the crime of incest, by a court which had jurisdiction of the person of petitioner and of the subject matter of the offense charged.

[1] These facts limit the scope of our inquiry in a habeas corpus proceeding. See...

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