Wright v. Tinsley

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as petitioner or by name, filed in the district court a “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus” alleging that defendant in error Harry C. Tinsley as Warden of the Colorado State Penitentiary, was illegally, unlawfully and unconstitutionally depriving petitioner of his liberty. Thereafter the court issued a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum, and after hearing denied the petition and dispensed with motion for a new trial. The petitioner is here by writ of error.

Petitioner’s original conviction and sentence to the…