Ex Parte Ray

(after stating case as above). On the submission of this cause, counsel representing' petitioner waived the ground that petitioner was entitled to be discharged because he had served his sentence, irrespective of any pardon granted to him by the Governor of this state, and relied exclusively on the right to be discharged because of the benefits accruing to him by reason of a pardon granted to him by the Governor, above set forth.. In view of the fact, however, that many other convicted persons are confined in the state penitentiary under similar separate commitments for different offenses,…