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MEEKS v. LAINSON

No. 48769.

71 N.W.2d 446 (1955)

James Clyde MEEKS, Appellant, v. Percy A. LAINSON, Warden, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Clyde Meeks, appellant, pro se.

Dayton Countryman, Atty. Gen., Raphael R. R. Dvcrak, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. N. Johnson, County Atty. of Lee County, Fort Madison, for appellee.

MULRONEY, Justice.

Plaintiff, who was defendant in State v. Meeks, Iowa, 65 N.W.2d 76, made application to the district court of Lee County for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition for the writ he alleged he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the present defendant, Warden Percy A. Lainson of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison in Lee County, Iowa. The district court, being of the opinion the petition showed...

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