Morton v. Hayden

The petitioner applied for a writ of habeas corpus and it was issued. Following the return by the respondent the parties elected to report the case to this Court upon an agreed statement of facts and the certificate of the Justice. R. S., 1954, Chap. 103, Sec. 15.

The petitioner was born on December 17, A. D. 1940. On August 26, A. D. 1957 he was arraigned in the juvenile court for having feloniously uttered and published as true, a false, forged and counterfeit instrument on August 19, A. D. 1957. He was tried, found guilty of juvenile delinquency and committed to the reformatory for men. He…