Ex Parte Williford v. Stewart

Habeas Corpus. The petitioner contends his prison time in the penitentiary under convictions in five felony cases has expired, and that his further detention by the respondent warden is illegal, under the following facts.

On February 6, 1933, he pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Jackson County, Division 3, to burglary in the second degree, and larceny, in each of four cases, No’s C-14729, C-14730, C-14747 and C-14748. He was jointly prosecuted in each case for those two crimes under See. 4448 [all references to our statutes are to R. S. 1939 and Mo. R. S. A.] The punishment assessed by…