In re Lacey

Opinion of the court by

Dale, C. J.:

This was an original proceeding in habeas *5corpus instituted in this court for the release of Gf. H. Lacey, who is held upon a commitment issued by a United States commissioner, charging the petitioner with the crime of perjury. From the petition and return it appears that on May 18, 1891, the petitioner made an affidavit before the United States land office at Oklahoma City in corroboration of a contest affidavit filed in the said office; that on May 10,1894, he was arrested, charged with the crime of perjury committed in the corroborating affidavit above…