In re Terrill
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceeding in Habeas Corpus. PETITION by Terrill for release from custody. The facts appear in the opinion, filed October 7, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
An indictment was returned by the grand1 jury of Payne county, Oklahoma territory, charging Ira N. Terrill with the offense of murder, and at the trial, held September 26,1892, he was convicted of the offense charged, and the punishment fixed by the jury was imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor for life. Subsequently the sentence of the court was pronounced, adjudging that Terrill be confined in the territorial penitentiary at Lansing, Kas., for the term of his natural life, where he was conveyed, and is now held in custody by…
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