Crane v. Thompson

Quillian, Justice.

1. The petition of a convict, Paul Crane, serving a life term for murder, addressed to' the Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court set out that his detention by J. E. Thompson, Warden of the Buford Rock Quarry Prison Branch, is for five alleged reasons illegal. Paragraphs No. 14 through No. 22 and No. 25 of the petition allege that the detention of the petitioner is illegal for reasons that should have been urged in a motion for new trial, and that are not appropriate as grounds for habeas corpus. Golden v. Balkcom, 214 Ga. 15, 16 (102 SE2d 578). See also Frank v. State, 142 Ga.…