In re Blystone
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald J., entered December 18, 1912, dismissing an application for a writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
In March, 1912, O. R. Blystone having been charged and found guilty of the crime of forgery in the first degree, in the superior court for King county, was sentenced by that court to imprisonment in the penitentiary “for the term of not less than fifteen years nor more than twenty years.” He has since then been held in custody by authority *287of that judgment and sentence. In December, 1912, he filed his petition in that court seeking a writ of habeas corpus and discharge from custody, upon the ground that the judgment and sentence under which he is held in custody is void. The superior court…
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