In Re Mohr v. Smith

William H. Mohr recently filed in this court his petition alleging that he was illegally imprisoned, de tained, and restrained of his liberty in the Washington state penitentiary, and praying that a writ of habeas corpus issue directing the superintendent of the penitentiary to release him from further custody. The superintendent appeared by the attorney general and demurred to the petition on the ground that the petitioner’s pleading did not state any facts sufficient to warrant the issuance of such writ.

The proceedings under which the petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment and which…