McCracken v. Kaiser

Petitioner is imprisoned in the penitentiary, and he brings habeas corpus to effect his discharge, contending that his term has expired. He is held under five separate judgments and sentences of the Jasper Circuit Court, all rendered November 20, 1939, in as many separately numbered criminal cases (7430, 7432, 7442, 7470, and 7472), wherein he pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny. His punishment was assessed in each of said cases “at four years imprisonment (two for burglary, and two for larceny) in the penitentiary,” and he was accordingly sentenced in each ease to such confinement “for…