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THOMAS v. HAND

No. 41,255

184 Kan. 485 (1959)

337 P.2d 651

EARL R. THOMAS, Petitioner, v. TRACY A. HAND, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 11, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl R. Thomas, pro se.

John A. Emerson, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., attorney general, was with him on the brief for the respondent.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, C.J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus.

Petitioner is confined in the state penitentiary under a judgment and unexpired sentence of the district court of Leavenworth County for commission of the crime of escaping from the penitentiary without breaking, as defined by G.S. 1949, 21-734.

The sentence in question was imposed against him after a full and complete trial, at which he...

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