Ex Parte Mayfield

Petitioner, William M. Mayfield, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking his release from the State Penitentiary, at McAlester. He was convicted in the district court of Canadian county of the crime of attempting to obtain money by false pretense, and sentenced to serve a term of three years in the State Penitentiary.

No appeal was filed by petitioner. We have carefully examined the petition, together with the letters written by petitioner, and other exhibits attached to his petition. It is an attempt to have this court review by .habeas corpus the facts surrounding the trial…