Ex Parte Lovel

BERRY, Judge.

This is an original application for the writ of habeas corpus.

On the 27th day of April, 1922, the applicant herein was by proper judgment of the district court of Ellis County sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twentydive years, for the offense of murder, wherein the indictment charged that on or about the 27th day of October, 1921, appellant killed J. N. Hale. This indictment was returned by the grand jury of Ellis county on the 12th day of January, A. D. 1922.

The applicant contends that as the indictment charged that the offense was committed on the 27th day of…