In re Williams
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Habeas corpus, the petition setting forth the facts stated in the opinion, and the writ being directed to EL G. Stordock, warden of the state prison.
1Opinion of the CourtDiciiinson, J.
Through a writ of habeas corpus the above-named relator seeks a discharge from imprisonment in the state prison. The legality of his imprisonment depends upon the question whether the-judgment by virtue of which he has been imprisoned, is void. The relator was convicted in the district court upon an indictment of the crime of grand larceny in the first degree, and thereupon was sentenced,, as the record shows, to imprisonment in the state prison for the term of one year and three months. The penalty prescribed for this offence in our Penal Code (section 420) is imprisonment in the state…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
3Cited by6 opinions
- Ex parte CoxIdaho Supreme Court · 1893
- State ex rel. Rea v. KinmoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- State ex rel. Zaske v. MatterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- State ex rel. Hull v. WolferSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- State ex rel. Bahr v. BatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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