Williams v. Harris, Warden

TURNER, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District for Salt Lake County. The trial court, after admitting evidence in support of the petition for writ of habeas corpus, denied the writ and remanded the petitioner, the appellant here, back into the custody of John E. Harris, Warden of the Utah State Prison, defendant in the original action and the respondent here.

The facts with which the court is concerned, as shown by the transcript, are neither complicated nor in dispute. The appellant, with three other young men, was charged with…