State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Skeen

Riley, Judge:

The relator, Nathan Johnson, filed his petition in this Court, praying that a writ of habeas corpus ad subjicien-dum be granted to him, directed to Orel J. Skeen, Warden of the West Virginia penitentiary, in which petition the relator prays that the warden show cause, if any he can, why relator is detained in the penitentiary, and not delivered up and discharged; and further praying that the part of relator’s sentence of imprisonment, which is alleged to be void, be nullified and set aside.

At the October, 1941, term of the Criminal Court of McDowell County, relator was indicted…