Ex Parte Mattes v. Taylor

Habeas Corpus. The petitioner is in custody of M. B. Taylor, agent of the State of Washington by virtue of a ren dition .warrant issued by the Governor of this State, dated August. 19, 1941. At the January Term, 1933, of the Circuit Court of Jackson-County, Missouri, the petitioner was convicted of the .offense of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a term of fifteen years. On August, 19, 1941, the Governor of this State granted the petitioner a parole" or Conditional pardon.

The only contention of the petitioner is that, since he has…