Glass v. Tinsley

Plaintiff in error, as petitioner in the district court of Fremont county, sought the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus directed to the warden of the Colorado state penitentiary commanding that he “show cause, if any there be, why petitioner should not be discharged from custody of said respondent and restored to his rightful liberty.”

The district court denied the petition for issuance of the writ and in so doing entered a written order which in pertinent part was as follows:

“4. That petitioner was received by the Warden of the penitentiary on June 28, 1955, to begin a sentence of four to…