Gillman v. Chapman

BUFORD, J.:

In original habeas corpus proceedings, it is alleged that:

“On, towit, August 17, 1932, the Criminal Court of Duval County, by Honorable James M. Peeler, Judge, in a case designated No. 1434, adjudged petitioner guilty of ‘the offense of Forgery and uttering a forgery,’ and sentenced petitioner to be confined in the State Penitentiary at hard labor for the periods of nine years and four years, respectively. Petitioner was imprisoned and commenced service of said sentences on, to-wit, the 17th day of August, 1932, and with duly earned ‘gain time’ or the commutation allowed by law for…