In Re Wright
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Pеtitioner, Pat Wright, has filed in this court his petition fоr habeas corpus, alleging that he is unlаwfully detained, confined, and restrained of his *401 liberty, by Fred Hunt, Warden of tbe State Penitentiary, at McAlester. Attached to bis petition are certain copies of letters, copy of tbe complaint, information, and judgment and sentence filed in tbe district court of Pottawatomie county. No evidence bas been offerеd in support of tbe allegations of tbе petition. A demurrer to tbe petition bas been filed by tbe Attorney General on bebalf of tbe warden of tbe penitentiary, and also a response.
It is unnecеssary to give a detailed statement оf tbe allegations set forth in tbe petitiоn. They are only recitals with referenсe to tbe arrest, and plea of guilty entered by tbe defendant to a chargе of second-degree burglary enterеd against petitioner in tbe district court of Pottawatomie county, and with reference to bis arrest in tbe State of Arkansas, and subsequent transfer to Oklahoma to answer tbe charges against him in this; state. There is nothing in the petition, or tbe exhibits attached thereto‘, which reveals that tbe сourt acted without jurisdiction, or that tbe judgmеnt and sentence entered was void.
In tbe recent case of In re Story, 75 Okla. Cr. 367, 131 P. 2d 773, we said:
“This сourt on habeas corpus will not look beyond tbe judgment and sentence of аny court of competent jurisdiction аs to mere irregularities of procedure or errors in law on questions over which tbe court bad jurisdiction. Tbe writ of habeas corpus cannot be used to perform tbe office of a writ of error оn appeal, and should be limited to‘, cases in which tbe judgment and sentence of tbe court attacked is clearly void”.
As we have so often announced, рetitioner’s only opportunity for reliеf is from tbe Governor of tbe state, in whom tbe Constitution bas placed the power of pardon and parole.
*402 For the reasons above stated, the demurrеr of the Attorney General, filed in behalf of the warden of the penitentiary, is sustained, and the petition for writ of habeas corpus, is denied.
JONES, J., concurs. DOYLE, J., absent.