In Re Denecke

The petitioner has addressed his application to me, as a justice of this court, for a writ of habeas corpus. Said petitioner is confined in the state prison at Represa under a sentence of imprisonment for the crime of burglary of the second degree. The prison board fixed the term of his imprisonment "at three years. He now claims that he is under illegal restraint of his liberty, his claim being that the said prison board exceeded its authority or jurisdiction in determining what his term of imprisonment should be. The specific grounds upon which the petitioner claims that he is entitled to…