In re Norton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. On the 80th day of June, 1900, the petitioner, John D. .Norton, was convioted in the court of common pleas of Cherokee and Crawford counties of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a term of twenty years. Norton presents his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging *843that said court had no legal existence at the time he was convicted and sentenced, and, therefore, that his imprisonment is illegal and he ought'of right to be…