In re Nolan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

The petitioner seeks by this original proceeding to be discharged from his confinement in the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory. He was proceeded against in the district court of Wyandotte county, by information charging him with burglary in the second degree and larceny. Upon his trial, the jury returned a verdict in the following language :

“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of burglary and larceny as charged in the information, and we find the value of the property taken to be worth $12.”

Thereafter, the court sentenced him to…