State ex rel. Doyle v. Henderson

Me. Chibe Justice Bubnett

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only question involved in this lawsuit is whether or not the plaintiff in error was denied his right to an appeal from his original conviction. After an evidentiary hearing in this petition for habeas corpus the trial court denied the petition, and it is from this denial that an appeal has been seasonably perfected.

The petitioner was indicted in 1954 for the offense of murder in the first degree. He was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. About five months after his arraignment a trial was had before a jury and the…