Jones v. Amrine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus whereby petitioner seeks his release from the state penitentiary.

Although the application for the writ is inartistically drawn, it discloses that petitioner is now confined under a judgment of the district court of Geary county finding him guilty of burglary in the second degree, and that petitioner alleges his confinement is illegal for four reasons: (1) That he was not guilty of the crime charged; (2) that he was. never apprised of his constitutional right of trial within the purview of the…