Welch v. MacDougall

Taylor, Chief Justice.

The Appellants, John L. Welch and Lester Bradshaw, while represented by two Court-appointed attorneys, pleaded guilty to safecracking at the January, 1963, Term of General Sessions Court for Lexington County. Mr. Bradshaw was sentenced to serve ten years. Mr. Welch was sentenced to serve ten years, provided that upon the service of five years, the balance be suspended and defendant placed on probation for four years.

A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed by Appellants and denied without hearing by the Honorable John Grimball in his Order of August 8, 1963, óñ Wé…