De Wolf v. State

This is an original action in habeas corpus brought by Carl Austin DeWolf, wherein he alleges that he is being unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the warden of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma. He complains that the cause of his restraint is by reason of a certain conviction by j'ury and j'udgment and sentence entered in the district court of Tulsa county, Oklahoma, on October 5, 1949, fixing his punishment at death by electrocution, in an action wherein the petitioner was charged with the murder, on August 30, 1946, of police officer, Gerald St. Clair, in Tulsa on said last…