Duggan v. Olson

This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in the district court for Lancaster county by relator Pat Duggan, against the warden of the state penitentiary as respondent, to obtain the petitioner’s release. From an order denying the writ, the petitioner has appealed to this court.

At the outset, we disregard the gratuitous uncomplimentary remarks contained in the petition and in the relator’s brief, and proceed to the subject matter raised in the proceedings.

On October 16, 1935, the relator, then 37 years of age, was informed against by the county attorney of Perkins *250County in an information…