Ex Parte Lime v. Blagg

Habeas Corpus for the discharge of Ermal Jay Lime, a prisoner now confined in the State penitentiary under a warrant of commitment issued out of the Circuit Court of Jackson County. In February, 1932, the prisoner pleaded guilty in that court to the crime of bombing (Secs. 4424 and 4425, R. S. 1929, Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 3043) and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. After serving nearly six years of his sentence he was granted a “sick parole” by Governor Stark in January, 1938, because the penitentiary physician had certified that the prisoner was afflicted with pulmonary…