Blandshaw v. State

Taylor, Chief Justice.

The appellant herein, Bisand Blandshaw, was convicted of manslaughter on or about April 8, 1963 in the Court of General Sessions for Darlington County and received a sentence of twelve (12) years imprisonment which he is presently serving in the South Carolina State Penitentiary. No appeal was ever perfected from that conviction.

On June 16, 1964 the appellant petitioned the lower court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus which was denied without a hearing by the Honorable John Grimball in his Order of June 19, 1964, o,n the ground that the petition failed to set forth any basis…