Ex Parte Davis

On behalf of Robert Davis, a duly verified petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in this court and presented to the Presiding Judge, who refused the writ, but granted a rule to show cause why the writ should not issue, returnable on the 27th day of October, 1914, at which time the respondent, Warden Dick, filed answer. ' Later a stipulation was filed, and an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that on the 30th day of September, A. D. 1914, and for several clays prior thereto and thereafter, the Governor of the state was absent, and the Lieutenant Governor, as acting…