Mercer v. Fenton

This is a habeas corpus action brought by William W. Mercer against William T. Fenton, warden, to secure his-i’elease from the Nebraska state penitentiary. The trial court ordered his release from custody. Mercer pleaded guilty on the 6th day of October, 1924, to the crime of horse stealing in Sioux county, Nebraska, and was sentenced to serve a term in the state reformatory of from one to ten years. On the 27th day of March, 1926, he was paroled. At that time, as a condition precedent to' his parole, he entered into a parole agreement by which he bound himself among other things to obey the…