In Re Blades

William Blades was charged with, tried and convicted of the crime of burglary and sentenced to serve a term of years in the state penitentiary. Thereafter he petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, attacking the judgment upon the ground that one of the jurors, Carl W. Reamer, was at the time he acted as a juror an unpardoned felon, having been convicted of a felony in the state of Washington. The district court entered' judgment releasing William Blades from custody of the warden of the state penitentiary and the state upon relation of the warden instituted this appeal.

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