In re Chessman

On July 16th, 1954, Caryl Chessman filed in the Supreme Court of the State of California a petition for a writ of habeas corpus * in which he alleged that he was *409 unlawfully imprisoned, detained and restrained of his liberty at the California State Prison at San Quentin, California, and that such imprisonment, detention and restraint were illegal because they were occasioned by a deprivation of peti *410 tioner’s right to due process of law in an action entitled People v. Chessman in the Superior Court of Los Angeles ■ County by reason of the fraudulent conduct of the deputy district attorney of Los Angeles County who prosecuted said *411 action in the manner in which the purported record on appeal in said action was prepared.

Said petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied by the Supreme Court of California on July 21st, 1954, without a written opinion.

On July 27th, 1954, there was presented to me an application for a stay of execution in which it was alleged that defendant was about to apply and will apply to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari directed to the Supreme Court of California to review the action of said last-named court in…