Crebs v. Amrine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is an application by C. C. Crebs for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from the penitentiary where he is serving a life term of imprisonment pursuant to a judgment and sentence of the district court of Seward county rendered on November 26,1930.

Attached to petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus is a copy of the information on which C. C. Crebs, alias Chet Lawson, was prosecuted for the murder of Charles Doan, in Seward county, Kansas, on November 18, 1930. Also attached to the application was a copy of the…