In re Dumford
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Original proceeding in habeas corpus. The petitioner, Dennis Dumford, alleges that he is unlawfully restrained of his liberty at the state penitentiary, at Lansing, by Harry Landis, warden of said penitentiary. The petition, as well as the return of the warden to the writ, discloses that the petitioner was charged by information in the district court of Shawnee county with the offense of grand larceny, and that he plead guilty.
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Original proceeding in habeas corpus. The petitioner, Dennis Dumford, alleges that he is unlawfully restrained of his liberty at the state penitentiary, at Lansing, by Harry Landis, warden of said penitentiary. The petition, as well as the return of the warden to the writ, discloses that the petitioner was charged by information in the district court of Shawnee county with the offense of grand larceny, and that he plead guilty. On the 2d day of January, 1896, on his plea of guilty, the court found that he was between sixteen and twenty-five years of age, that it was his first offense, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered b.y
Mahan, P. J. :
It is contended by counsel for- petitioner-that the sentence of the - district court committing to the state reformatory is void for two reasons : (1) That the petitioner was under the age of fifteen years at the time of the sentence ; and, (2) because the sentence is indefinite in duration. Section 11 of chapter 134, General Statutes of 1897-, expressly provides that the sentence shall not fix a limit to its duration.' - -Upon the first proposition, evidence was tendered as to the age of the petitioner at the time he was sentenced. We…
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