In Re Thompson v. Smith

This is an appeal from an order denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant, who is confined in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, filed in this court an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The chief justice directed that a hearing on the application be held in Lewis county, where appellant had originally been sentenced. The hearing was held February 16, 1948, before Honorable John E. Murray, Judge. Appellant was present and represented by counsel appointed by the court.

Appellant testified that at the time of his arrest, on a charge in count I of the information of…