Fullmer v. Meacham

delivered the opinion of the .court.

A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in this court by Leland T. Fullmer against Lenard F. Meacham, warden of the state penitentiary, alleging that petitioner is unlawfully imprisoned and held in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. The petition recites that a previous application for writ of habeas corpus to District Judge Vernon Bentley, in the District Court of Carbon County, was denied.

Fullmer was committed to the penitentiary from Park County by District Judge J. O. Spangler. The transcript of proceedings before Judge Spangler and applicant’s…