Application of Barnes

JONES,-Presiding Judge.

This is an original' action in' habeas corpus wherein the petitioner, Bennie Mack Barnes, seeks to secure his release from confinement in the state penitentiary.

The petition is in general terms but because of the allegations in one paragraph, we directed that a response' be filed. In paragraph three of the petition it is alleged that the petitioner is an aged, illiterate Negro who had never been in trouble or had any court experience, but acting through coercion was induced to enter a plea of guilty to- a murder charge without the benefit of counsel. .

In the response it…