PAOLINO, Justice.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging in substance that the petitioner has been held in custody and illegally deprived of his liberty by the respondent warden at the Rhode Island state prison since December 24, 1949. In the petition, which was filed August 10, 1956, the petitioner prays that this court order his discharge forthwith.
The petition is based substantially on the following facts. On August 1, 1933, following...
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