Ex parte Bice

CATES, Judge.

This is an original proceeding asking that we “take whatever action [is] necessary to set the record straight.”

The prayer in the application relates to the denial of relief by way of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The petitioner states that he gave notice of appeal. The Attorney General, saying in effect that this notice was given irregularly in that it was taken by way of a letter written to the judge instead of being addressed to the circuit court, moves to strike the application.

The petitioner, while on parole from the Alabama penitentiary, left the…