Petition of Jones

This is an application by an inmate of the Montana State Penitentiary for a writ of error coram nobis or other appropriate writ. The application is handwritten and consists of what is termed “Statement of Facts, Brief and Petitioner’s Allegations.” Previously, on June 28, 1963, the petitioner had written this Court a letter which was replied to on July 9, 1963.

From the application it appears that the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the crime of burglary in the first degree; and on January 17, 1963, was sentenced to the term of ten years by the Honorable R. J. Nelson, Judge of the…