TOAL, J., October 15, 1957.
This proceeding is a petition for writ of habeas corpus by one Woodie Adams who is presently serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the Eastern State Penitentiary. Relator was indicted for murder and a true bill was returned by the grand jury. When arraigned on June 4, 1952, he pleaded not guilty. He was tried before Judge Toal on June 18 and 19, 1952, and the jury convicted him of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at...
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