Patterson v. Caldwell

Hawes, Justice.

Patterson’s petition for the writ of habeas corpus was granted. On the hearing of his case he was remanded to the custody of the warden. He appealed.

1. He contends that the court erred in finding his imprisonment to be legal in that he had been accumulatively sentenced to 13 years imprisonment upon his conviction on a 5-count indictment charging him with possessing five forged checks in violation of the provisions of former *322Code §26-3911, which Code section made the possession of any false, forged, counterfeit or altered note, bill, draft or check with the intention to…