In re Pikulik

Eton, O. J.

The petition for the writ of habeas corpus shows that in January, 1891, in the municipal court of Milwaukee county, the petitioner was convicted of the crime of burglary, as defined in sec. 4408, R. S., and was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the state prison at hard labor “ for not less than three years nor more than eight years.” The sentence is in the form prescribed by sec. 4733, R. S., as amended by ch. 390, Laws of 1889; that is to say, it is a general or indeterminate sentence. The petitioner is now held in custody under such sentence, and prays that a writ of…