In Re the Habeas Corpus of O'Neill

BRETT, Judge.

This is an original petition for habeas corpus brought by George Charles O’Neill, now 40 years of age, wherein he asserts he is being unlawfully restrained of his liberty in the State Penitentiary by the Warden thereof, R. R. Raines. He alleges the cause of his restraint is by reason of a certain judgment and sentence entered against him on May 13, 1943 in the district court of Murray County, Oklahoma, on a charge, by information, alleging the crime of kidnapping for the purpose of extortion, upon which charge on his plea of guilty he was sentenced by District Judge J. I. Goins…