Elliott v. Hudspeth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

For the third time within eighteen months Melvin Elliott, by an original proceeding in habeas corpus, asks this court to release him from confinement in the state penitentiary. At his request we have again appointed counsel to represent him.

In Elliott v. Hudspeth, 161 Kan. 611, 170 P. 2d 626, after careful *599consideration of all contentions relied on by petitioner as requiring the issuance of a writ, we held:

“The record is examined in an original application for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in the supreme court, wherein the petitioner, now…