Ex parte Roberts
Supreme Court of Missouri
Habeas Corpus. PETITION. To the Honorable Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2. Tour petitioner, Joseph Roberts, respectfully represents and states to this court, that he is now illegally and unlawfully imprisoned.and restrained of his liberty by one F. M. Wooldridge, warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary.
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Habeas Corpus. PETITION. To the Honorable Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2. Tour petitioner, Joseph Roberts, respectfully represents and states to this court, that he is now illegally and unlawfully imprisoned.and restrained of his liberty by one F. M. Wooldridge, warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary. That the facts concerning the unlawful imprisonment of your petitioner, are as follows to-wit: That your petitioner was, at the November term, 1900, of the criminal court of Buchanan county, indicted by the grand jury, under section 1892, Revised Statutes 1899, for having in his…
1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, P. J.
Petitioner Eoberts, being confined in tbe penitentiary, has presented a petition praying for the issuance of a writ under the Habeas Corpus Act, and that his cause be heard and he be discharged from the custody of the warden.
Petitioner was convicted under the provisions of section 1892, Bevised Statutes 1899, which relates to, and prohibits a man from the making, mending, etc., etc., of burglars’ tools, false keys, etc., or the having the same in his custody or concealed about his person, etc.
The offense is a felony. Under this section, petitioner was found guilty and sentenced to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Cass County v. JackSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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