Ex Parte Baldridge

This is an original proceeding in babeas corpus instituted by the petitioner, Jack Baldridge, to secure bis release from confinement in tbe State Penitentiary.

Tbe verified petition specifically attacked two judgments pronounced against tbe petitioner in tbe district court of Ottawa county in cases numbered 2624 and 2625 in said court, wherein tbe petitioner entered a plea of guilty to tbe crime of murder entered against him in each of said cases and was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment on each of said charges.

Tbe petition is lengthy and it is contended that tbe judgments are…