In Re Daniecki

George Daniecki was indicted, tried and convicted in the oyer and terminer of Union county for the murder of John Hayden in a holdup with two associates; he was the actual killer. The traverse jury found the three guilty of murder in the first degree, but recommended mercy, and they were sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. The murder was on February 17th, 1930, and the conviction and sentence in May following. Daniecki now petitions for a writ of habeascorpus and to be discharged from custody on the ground that at the time of the murder and sentence he was a juvenile under the age…