Humphreys v. State

This proceeding was commenced in the superior court for Whitman county by Fred Hum-phreys, by filing therein his petition for a writ of coram nobis, praying that a verdict of a jury and a judgment thereon rendered in that court convicting him of grand larceny he vacated and set aside upon the ground that, after the expiration of the statutory period for his moving for a new trial, he discovered evidence which, if presented upon his trial, would have prevented the finding and rendering of that verdict and judgment. The state responded to the petition both by a demurrer and answer. Thereafter…