Ex Parte Arthur

This is an original petition in ha-beas corpus. The petitioner alleges that he is unlawfully restrained by Jess H. Dunn, warden of the state penitentiary. That the trial court deprived him of all his legal rights, and refused to subpoena witnesses or to furnish him counsel or to allow him to employ counsel. He further alleges that he was lodged in jail on suspicion and was forced to confess. He admits he entered his plea of guilty to the crime charged against him, and that he was sentenced by the trial court- to life imprisonment.

Response and a demurrer has been filed to the petition, in…