People Ex Rel. Jones v. Robinson

This is an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in this court in the name of the People upon the relation of Will Jones, directed to Browning Robinson, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard, praying for the discharge of petitioner, a prisoner in said penitentiary by virtue of a certain mittimus issued out of the circuit court of St. Clair County. Petitioner appears pro se.

The petitioner does not contend that his original imprisonment was unlawful. He does contend that he should be discharged, as provided in paragraph 2 of section 22 of the Habeas Corpus Act,…