Ex Parte Pike

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges that he is unlawfully restrained by the warden of the penitentiary at McAlester; that, with others, in the district court of Craig county, he was charged with conjoint robbery alleged to have been committed July 19, 1923; that he was convicted, and in November, 1923, he was sentenced to serve a term of 15 years; that at the date of the crime a|lleged, the punishment fixed by law (chapter 85, Sess. Laws 1923) was a minimum of 25 years; that, a sentence of 15 years being contrary to law, the restraint of petitioner is illegal.

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