Case Name: Ex Parte ARTHUR GIVENS
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1915-03-20
Citations: 11 Okla. Crim. 703
Docket Number: No. A-2420
Parties: Ex Parte ARTHUR GIVENS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
Ex Parte ARTHUR GIVENS.
No. A-2420.
Opinion Filed March 20, 1915.
Chas. I-I. Garnett, for petitioner.
Chas. West, Atty. Gen., for the State.
Writ of habeas corpus awarded, and petitioner discharged.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
A petition is presented in this ease for a writ of habeas corpus directed by A. V. Skelton, warden of the Oklahoma State Reformatory at Granite, for the discharge of Arthur Givens. The peti-ton alleges in substance, that petitioner is held under a commitment issued pursuant to and in execution of a judgment of the district court of Oklahoma county, rendered on or about the 15th day of July, 1914, wherein petitioner was adjudged guilty of the crime of obtaining property under false pretenses, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for a term of eighteen months. That during his imprisonment, and on the 30th day of September, 1914, Hon. J. J. McAlester, Lieutenant Governor, as Acting Governor, in the absence of the Governor from the state, issued a full unconditional pardon for said crime of which he was convicted. That this pardon was presented to A. V. Skelton, warden of the Oklahoma state reformatory, who declines and refuses to honor same and still declines and refuses to release petitioner from csutody. A duplicate of said pardon is attached to the petition.
Upon the atithority of State v. Stewart, ante, the pardon herein is a valid and effectual pardon. Eor the reasons stated in the opinion in the Stewart ease, we are of opinion that the petitioner is entitled to his discharge, and it s so ordered.