Dalton v. State

NIX, Judge.

This is an original proceedings for a writ of Habeas Corpus by the petitioner, Leonard W. Dalton, an inmate of the State Penitentiary, in which he seeks his release alleging that the judgment and sentence under which he was confined is invalid.

It appears from the record before us that while the petitioner was serving as a trusty at the State Reformatory at Granite, he was playing with the prison band, and ran away from custody while on a trip to Mt. View, Oklahoma. He was charged with Escaping from Prison in the District Court of Greer County, Oklahoma, and upon entering a plea of…