In re Newcomb

Charles F. Newcomb was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, in the superior court of Pierce county, and is now in custody on process issued on the final judgment of that court. He has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his restraint and imprisonment are illegal in this: first, because the jury law of 1909, Laws of 1909, p. 131, under which the jury was drawn and selected, is unconstitutional; second, because Department No. 3 of the superior court of Pierce county, presided over by Judge Chapman, had no jurisdiction to try him; and third, because…