Ex parte White

By the Court,

Hawley, J.:

The return to the writ of habeas corpus, issued in this case, shows that petitioners were arrested and brought before a justice of the-peace on the first day of February, 1880, on a charge of having committed a misdemeanor. In answer to questions asked them by the justice they stated that they did not desire counsel. They plead guilty, and Avaived the time prescribed by statute for passing sentence. The justice thereupon, on said first day of February, passed sentence, and rendered judgment imposing a fine and imprisonment. The first day of February was Sunday.

Was the…