Converse v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Leavenworth county denying petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The facts may be stated briefly: In October, 1957, petitioner was charged by information in the district court of Harvey county with three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. During "the course of the trial, counts two and three of the information were dismissed on motion by the State. The jury found petitioner guilty on count one. Pursuant to such conviction, he was sentenced under the…