Hoeppel v. Street

ADKINS, Justice.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus alleges that petitioner was sentenced by this court to a term of four months to one year, which sentence he is now serving “in a penal institution for the District of Columbia in charge of and under the jurisdiction of” respondents. It is claimed that the detention is invalid because one of the petit jurors was incompetent because not a resident of the District of Columbia, the evidence of nonresidence being alleged to be discovered too late to be availed of on motion for new trial.

The respondent, the Superintendent of Penal Institutions,…