In Re Hammar

Main, J. —

This is an original application in this court for a writ of habeas corpus by which the petitioner seeks his release from the state penitentiary. It is alleged in the petition that he was tried and convicted of grand larceny in the superior court for King county in August, 1921, and that, prior to judgment and sentence, he was, by a supplemental information, charged with being an habitual criminal, in that he had been four times previously convicted in British Columbia of crimes amounting to felonies under the laws of this state. Conviction was had upon the supplemental information…