Forbes v. Burford

This is an original action in habeas • corpus instituted by the petitioner, diaries Forbes, to secure his release from confinement in the State Penitentiary.

The petition is unverified but signed by the petitioner. It was evidently drawn by some inmate of the penitentiary who apparently had read decisions of this court and was attempting to pattern his petition after some of those described in the decisions of the court. From the best we are able to deduct from the ambiguous nature of the petition, it is claimed that petitioner entered a plea of guilty in the district court of Delaware county…