Bradley v. Amrine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is a habeas corpus action wherein two petitioners ask that the warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary be directed to release them from custody.

The case was presented to this court at the December session of 1942. A reputable member of the bar of Shawnee county had been appointed by us to represent the petitioners. At the oral argument it appeared that a petition for a writ had been filed in Leavenworth county and that the writ had been denied. The petitioners had attempted to appeal from the judgment of the district court of Leavenworth…