Ex Parte Owens

Petitioner, John Owens, an inmate of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, serving a term of life imprisonment by reason of his plea of guilty to a charge of murder committed in Pittsburg county, on March 14, 1936, has filed his petition in this court for writ of habeas corpus, seeking his release.

An opinion was filed in this matter on January 5, 1949, and an order entered on January 10, 1949, withdrawing the original opinion. The reason for entering the order was that a deposition taken by petitioner had been filed in the office of the clerk of this court and the same had not been considered…