Ex Parte Newman

Jack Newman filed in this court by mail his petition for writ of habeas corpus, directed to Jess F. Dunn, warden of the state penitentiary, wherein it is averred he is unlawfully held and illegally imprisoned by respondent, warden of the state penitentiary, under a commitment issued upon an unlawful judgment and sentence of the district court of Caddo county.

It is averred, as showing illegality of said imprisonment, that petitioner was convicted in said district court on information charging him, with the use of firearms, of having robbed the Gracemont State Bank, alleged to have been…