People Ex Rel. Cohen v. Ragen

George Cohen, a prisoner in the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet branch, filed herein his original petition for habeas corpus. The warden filed his return thereto, and made a motion to quash the writ, closing the issues. The petitioner contends his imprisonment is illegal because he was originally sentenced to the State reformatory at Pontiac, and was transferred to the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, without notice or a hearing, as required by law.

The facts are briefly stated as follows: In December, 1919, Cohen pleaded guilty in the criminal court of Cook county to plain robbery.…