In Re Behrens

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus wherein the petitioner sought to obtain his release from confinement in the Washington state penitentiary. The records of this court show that on two former occasions proceedings were brought by the same petitioner to obtain the relief here sought, and that both of such applications were denied by this court.

In the instant case, appellant, Albert Behrens, as petitioner, instituted the proceedings originally in this court by filing therein an application for such writ. His petition alleged that since June, 1938, he…