24 Wis. 492 | Wis. | 1869
At the November term, 1865, of the circuit court for the county of Outagamie, the petitioner was tried and convicted upon three several indictments for larceny: the first, for stealing two oxen, the property of one Christian Juchemon; the second, two oxen, the property of one Richmond Pierson; and the third, a horse, buggy and harness, belonging to one Lot Townsend. At a subsequent day in the same term, namely, on the 9th of December, 1865, three separate sentences were passed upon, him by the court: the first, of imprisonment in the state prison for the period of one year, for the larceny of the oxen of Christian Juche-mon ; the second, of a like imprisonment for stealing the oxen of Richmond Pierson, “the said term to commence at the expiration of his imprisonment for the larceny of the two oxen, the property of Christian Juchemon;” and the third, of imprisonment in the state prison for the term of three years for stealing the horse, buggy and harness of Lot Townsend, “said term to commence at the expiration of the term of imprisonment for the larceny of the two oxen, the property of Richmond Pierson. ” The petitioner is now confined in the state prison by virtue of those sentences,
It appearing, therefore, upon the facts set forth in the petition, that the petitioner is lawfully detained in custody, and that he could not be discharged were the writ of habeas corpus to issue, it follows that the writ should be denied. In re Gregg, 15 Wis. 479; In re Griner et al., 16 id. 423, and authorities there cited.
By the Court. — Writ denied.