State ex rel. Petcoff v. Reed
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Npon the relation of Oscar Todorff the district court for "Washington county granted its writ of habeas corpus in favor of Martin Peteofi; directed to the warden of the state prison. The respondent made return and on the return day the writ was discharged, Nethaway, J. From the order of dismissal, relator appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
A writ of habeas corpus was issued from the district court of Washington county to the respondent, warden of the state prison. Upon the hearing the writ was discharged. The relator appeals. Under our statute the trial in this court is a trial de novo.
On November 26, 1913, the relator was duly convicted in the district court of Eamsey county of the crime of murder in the third degree committed on July 23, 1913, and thereupon was sentenced to “imprisonment at hard labor in the State prison at Stillwater, Minnesota, according to law.” This sentence was evidently imposed on the theory…
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