Ex Parte Strauss

Habeas Corpus. On a trial duly had in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, petitioner was, on September 6, 1924, convicted of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of five years. Pursuant to such sentence he was thereafter imprisoned until the 5th day of August, 1927, when he was discharged under a conditional commutation granted by the Governor. The executive order recited :

“This commutation is granted, however, upon and made subject to the express condition that the recipient hereof shall forthwith depart from Cole County,…