Giordano v. Amrine, Supt.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Madison County refusing to release petitioner from custody in a habeas corpus proceeding.

The petitioner was indicted, tried, and convicted as an habitual criminal in Columbiana county. He was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary for a term of not less than 25 years.

The petitioner questions the constitutionality of the Habitual Criminal Act, the legality of the indictment, and the validity of the sentence. The indictment properly charged the petitioner with having been convicted of three crimes enumerated in the…