Scobie v. Page

1 This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus instituted by the petitioner to secure his release from confinement in the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma. 2 Petitioner attaches a copy of a judgment and sentence on conviction, showing that the petitioner, age 21 years, was tried and convicted of the crime of uttering a forged instrument, forgery in the second degree, after former conviction of a felony, and sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the State Penitentiary. The judgment and sentence was dated June 18, 1963. Petitioner states that he was delivered to the State Penitentiary on June 29, 1963.