Grenfell v. Gladden

McAllister, c. j.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding brought in the circuit court for Marion county by Thomas Grenfell, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, against the warden, Clarence T. Gladden. The petition is based -on alleged cruelty of the prison guards. The lower court after a hearing on the merits dismissed the writ, and plaintiff appeals.

It appears from the record that on March 8, 1963 Grenfell was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years. The validity of that sentence is not challenged. In his petition in this proceeding Grenfell alleges that on October 6,…