In Re Baldwin

This is an appeal from the Essex County Court’s denial of a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus brought by Charles Baldwin, the father of Elaine and Sharon Baldwin, minor daughters of said Baldwin and his wife. The findings of fact of the Essex County Court, to which no exceptions were taken, disclose the following factual situation.

The petitioner, at the time he submitted his petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Essex County Court in April, 1967, as well as at the time hearing was held on the petition in said court on July 24, 1967, was incarcerated in the State Prison at Windsor,…