In Re Rogers

By means of habeas corpus the petitioner seeks to obtain his discharge from Folsom state prison on the ground that he was wrongfully determined to be an habitual criminal and that he has served the maximum term which the law is authorized to impose for the offense of a felon having possession of a revolver capable of being concealed on his person contrary to the provisions of section 2 of an act regulating the possession, use, control or sale of firearms. (Stats. 1923, p. 695, and amendments, 1 Deering’s Gen. Laws of 1931, p. 900, Act 1970.)

The petitioner was convicted as a felon of having…