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Show Habeas Corpus Is Denied. Supreme Court Refuses to Release Clark From Prison. Opinion Holds That a Writ of Habeas Corpus Cannot Operate as an Appeal. J. H. Clark, who Is .serving time in the State's prison for grand larceny, was yesterday denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the Supreme court. The opinion, which' was written by Chief Justice Baskin, affirms thc order of thc District court denying tho petitioner a writ. I Clark, together with one Z. Graham and Albert Clark, got hold of C. F. Johnson when he was drunk on Commercial Com-mercial street, and robbed him of a watch and some money. All were convicted con-victed on the charge of grand larceny, and also on a separate count charging them with receiving stolen property, knowing it to have been stolen. The property alleged ln the llrst count was the same as that alleged In the second, and was the personal properly of C. F. Johnson. Graham and the petitioner were granted separate trials. Both were found guilty and sentenced to Imprisonment, Im-prisonment, which sentence they are now serving. Albert Clark was afterward after-ward found guilty upon a separate trial of receiving the stolen property. He was sentenced to Imprisonment In the county Jail. The opinion says that a habeas corpus can. not operate as an appeal or a writ of error. This case was In the Supreme court before. The petitioner appealed from the sentence of the lower courti That sentence was affirmed. He now appeals from the order denying the writ and the order Is afllrmed. |