Braden v. Lady

SIMS, Justice.

This is an appeal by Carl Braden from an order of the Judge of the Oldham Circuit Court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus he filed against Porter B. Lady, Warden of the La Grange Penitentiary. Criminal Code of Practice, § 429-1.

Braden was convicted in the Criminal Branch of the Jefferson Circuit Court of the crime of sedition and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for 15 years and a fine of $5,000. KRS 432.040. Section 75 of our Criminal Code of Practice provides that after conviction of an offense such as this, the accused shall be entitled…