In re Hall
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for a writ of habeas corpus. Acts of executive clemency are to be liberally construed in favor of a prisoner. (Wyrral’s Case, 3 Coke’s Eng. Rep., part V, 50; State v. Blalock, Phillips’ Law [N. Car.], 242; Ex parte Hunt, 10 Ark., 284.) The petitioner is entitled to good time from, date of sentence.
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Original application for a writ of habeas corpus. Acts of executive clemency are to be liberally construed in favor of a prisoner. (Wyrral’s Case, 3 Coke’s Eng. Rep., part V, 50; State v. Blalock, Phillips’ Law [N. Car.], 242; Ex parte Hunt, 10 Ark., 284.) The petitioner is entitled to good time from, date of sentence. (Ex parte James, 1 Nev., 321; In re Sarah M. Vicar, 31 O. St., 207-8; Lee v. Murphy, 22 Gratt. [Va.], 800; Black’s Law Die., “Commutation”; 1 Rap. & Law., Law Die., “Commutation”; Woodward v. Murdock, 24 N. E. Rep. [Ind.] 1047.) Moreover the petitioner is entitled to his…
1Opinion of the Court
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This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by the petitioner, Harry W.. Hall, who claims to be unlawfully imprisoned by the respondent James P. Mallon, warden of the penitentiary. From the petition it appears that the petitioner was convicted in the district court of Cheyenne county of. murder in the second degree, on the 29th'day of March, 1882, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary; and that in the execution of said sentence he was placed in said prison on the 5th day of April following. It appears further that he was confined therein by virtue of said…
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