Howard v. State

C. E. Howard was convicted in the superior court of Maricopa county of the crime of perjury, and was, on March 15th, 1924, sentenced to serve a term of not less than seven nor more than ten years in the state prison. No complaint is made of the regularity of the proceedings up to the time of his incarceration. On December 13th, 1924, a motion, with an affidavit in support thereof, was filed in the case in the superior court, setting up substantially that on July 20th, 1924, “without fault on his part or cause therefor, and without trial or charge or investigation or notice being given or even…