In re Boggs

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which it is alleged that the petitioner, Boggs, is now confined in the Kentucky state penitentiary at Frankfort, under a sentence and judgment of the Jefferson circuit court, for the period of his natural life, and that said judgment and sentence is unconstitutional and void. It appears from the record, made part of the petition, that Boggs has been indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of grand larceny, that the jury found him guilty of the larceny charged, and fixed his punishment for that larceny at five years’ imprisonment in the…