Ex Parte Mayberry

This original proceeding in habeas corpus was instituted by George Mayberry in an effort to secure his release from confinement in the State Penitentiary at McAlester.

The verified petition alleged that the petitioner was sentenced to serve a term of 20 years in the State Penitentiary, by the district court of Logan county, on a plea of guilty to the alleged crime of burglary in the second degree, after a prior conviction for a felony. That petitioner was delivered to the warden of the penitentiary on February 23, 1940, and has since that time been there confined.

The petition further alleged…