In Re Clark

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain the release of the petitioner from detention in the Washington state penitentiary.

Appellant, Charles L. Clark, as petitioner filed in this court his application for such writ, alleging in his petition that since April 7, 1939, he has been wrongfully and unlawfully detained and imprisoned in the state penitentiary, without lawful commitment, but solely upon a purported warrant of commitment issued by the. superior court for King county, pursuant to an alleged judgment which is void and without legal force,…