United States ex rel. Turner v. Bennett

Appellant is a prisoner in the Illinois State Penitentiary, serving a sentence of one to twenty years for burglary, imposed on March 5, 1925, pursuant to a judgment' of conviction of on Illinois court upon his plea of guilty. He petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. From an order denying his petition, this appeal in forma pauperis is presented.

The contention is that appellant is being deprived of his liberty without due process of law in contravention of the Constitution of the United States.

The record discloses that appellant was paroled from the Illinois State…