Ex parte Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

— The petitioner was convicted of the crime of grand larceny in the superior court of Pierce county, and on the 24th day of June, 1891, was sentenced to be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla for the term of three years. He immediately gave notice of an appeal to this court, and his bail was fixed at $5,000. But on the next day he was transported to Walla Walla, and delivered to the custody of the warden of the penitentiary, where he has since been confined.' He seeks, by a writ of habeas corpus, to be released from the…