Chambers v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This is an original proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus.

Petitioner is presently confined in the Kansas State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the district court of Hodgeman County, Kansas, entered June 3, 1952, wherein he was sentenced for a term of not more than ten years upon a conviction of second degree forgery.

On June 6, 1952, petitioner was received at the penitentiary, and was paroled therefrom on September 1, 1953. As a condition of his parole, petitioner signed a parole contract which contained ten rules governing his…