Bissell v. Amrine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This case is here on an application for a writ of habeas corpus by Fred Bissell, who for more than twenty-seven years has been and still is serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the Kansas State Penitentiary for the murder of Edna Dinsmore committed in April, 1916, in Shawnee county, Kansas.

The petitioner prepared and filed his own application and at different times amendments and supplements thereto. In addition he filed several replies to the answer and return of the respondent and we find in the files numerous letters to the court…