State Ex Rel. Cain v. Skeen

BROwning, Judge:

The relator, Denver Hershel Cain, a prisoner in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville, invoked the original jurisdiction of this Court by filing with it, on November 11, 1952, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad sub-jiciendum to be directed to Orel J. Skeen, warden of this penal institution. A writ was issued by this Court, on November 17, 1952, commanding the respondent to produce the body of the relator before this Court and show cause why he detains and restrains the relator from his liberty. The writ was made returnable on January 14, 1952, at which time the…