Ex parte Mitchell

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rise, J.

Robert Mitchell, while confined in the jail of New Orleans, ap*414plied to the judge of the First District Court for a habeas corpus, alleging that jjjs confinement was illegal, on several grounds stated in his application. After a hearing he was remanded by the j udge, and from the order remanding him he has appealed. The Attorney General has moved to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that this court is without jurisdiction of the cause.

The 63d article of the constitution confers appellate jurisdiction on this court, “ in criminal cases on…