SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
The State of West Virginia seeks by this appeal to reverse an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The order directed Otto C. Boles, Warden of the state penitentiary, to release the appellee Chester Harris, petitioner for federal habeas corpus, who has been confined since December 29, 1950, under a life sentence as a recidivist.
Execution of the order of release was stayed, however,...
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