GILLESPIE, J.
William A. Wetzel, appellant, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, wherein he alleged that he was being unlawfully confined in the Mississippi State Penitentiary by the Superintendent thereof, and the Sheriff of Sunflower County, Mississippi.
While appellant was serving a thirty-year term in the State Penitentiary for armed robbery, and on April 14, 1953, one of the convicts, Edgar G. (Sonny) McGraw, was killed. Appellant was convicted...
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