In Re Baldridge

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus by Jack Baldridge. seeking his release from the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Okla. He alleges the cause of his restraint is a certain judgment and sentence of the district court of Ottawa county, Okla., finding the defendant guilty of the crime of murder. In said petition he makes reference to 81 Okla. Cr. 300, 164 P. 2d 253, wherein it appears petitioner was convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 20 years in the penitentiary, and therein he was petitioning for his release from the penitentiary on habeas corpus.…