Webb

Only such of the facts as relate to the question of jurisdiction will be stated.

On June 12, 1939, the appellant was committed to the state penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington, by the Superior Court of King County, at Seattle. In his brief before this Court, the appellant states that the commitment was “for the alleged crime of ‘receiving stolen property’ * * * upon a so-called ‘plea of guilty,’ obtained by coercion, trick and deception.” The record before us, however, shows that the information specifically charged the appellant with the crime of grand larceny, but set forth particulars relative to receiving stolen property. The sentence of the court imposed a “term of not less than to be set by the Parole Board and not more than fifteen years.”

On October 10, 1941, the appellant attempted to prosecute a writ of error coram nobis in the Superior Court of King County, but on November 12, 1941, the trial judge denied the petition on the ground that “the facts alleged * * * were known to the defendant prior to his entry of a plea of guilty.”

On January 29, 1942, the appellant filed in the Supreme Court of the State of Washington an application for a writ of habeas corpus, “in…