HAYMOND, Judge:
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding instituted in this Court on June 29, 1966, in which the petitioner, Howard Ponton, who is presently confined in the penitentiary of this State by virtue of a sentence of life imprisonment as a habitual criminal imposed by the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West Virginia, by final judgment rendered June 18, 1937, seeks a writ to require the defendant, Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary...
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