People Ex Rel. Richardson v. Ragen

John Richardson, petitioner, an inmate of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, seeks to obtain his discharge by an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in this court against Joseph E. Ragen, warden of said penitentiary. The writ issued, return was made and petitioner filed a reply. The cause is before us on the record and briefs filed by both parties.

Richardson, in September, 1939, was convicted of the crime of larceny of a motor vehicle in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than twenty years. He…