WATKINS, District Judge.
The petitioner, Oscar A. Harrison, has caused to be filed in this court his petition requesting issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of his detention in the West Virginia Penitentiary. Movant is serving a life sentence for the slaying of one Eugene Martin, which sentence was imposed upon him by the Criminal Court of Wayne County, West Virginia, on December 31, 1947.
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