White v. Gladden

The plaintiff Hudson Dodd White brought a habeas corpus proceeding against Clarence T. Griadden, Warden of the State Penitentiary. Prom an adverse decision in the circuit court he now appeals. On 27 December 1954 the plaintiff filed in the circuit court for Marion County a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he is imprisoned by the Warden in the Oregon State Penitentiary, setting forth the facts on which he relies to establish the illegality of such imprisonment and praying for his release. The writ issued and the defendant warden filed his return wherein it was stated that the…