Ex Parte Owens

This is an original proceeding in ha-beas corpus. Petitioners allege: That they are unlawfully restrained by the sheriff of Pottawatomie county. That on December 19, 1930, petitioners were put on trial in the district court of that county, sitting* at Tecumseh, and that the trial of said case continued throughout the day. That the case was submitted to the jury about 5 o’clock p. m., which then retired to consider its verdict and which arrived at a verdict about 8 o’clock p. m. Then, pursuant to instructions of the trial court, a sealed verdict was returned into- open court at Tecumseh at 9…