Ex Parte Owens

Petitioner, Chester Owens, an inmate of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, serving a term of 35 years imprisonment by reason of his plea of guilty to a charge of attempted rape in the first degree, taking place in Muskogee county, Okla., on February 23, 1939, has filed his petition in this court for writ of habeas corpus, seeking his release.

Petitioner contends in effect that the judgment under which he was incarcerated is void for the reason that at the time of entering his plea of guilty he was not appointed counsel, and was not informed of his rights under the Constitution.

Petitioner…