In re Coffeen

The petition shows that the petitioner was convicted, and so far as appears, regularly convicted of arson and sentenced to the State Prison. This writ is applied for on the ground that by § 8165 of the Compiled Laws, all women convicted of offenses punishable theretofore in the State prison (except murder) should be sentenced to confinement in the Detroit house of correction for such term of years as the court should deem just.

This is a common law proceeding and does not come under the statute, which in certain cases makes the writ *312of habeas corpus a writ demandable of right. It is not usual…