Ex Parte Boley

OPINION

By the Court,

Pike, J.:

This is an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioners, each serving a sentence in the Pershing County jail, after trial by the court, conviction and sentence, for a gross misdemeanor, and after dismissal of their appeal to this court, seek release from custody, each contending that the court issuing the commitment was without jurisdiction, as the information upon which each was adjudged guilty did not charge a public offense.

The information charged the petitioners herein, Boley and Charlesworth, with a violation of NRS 465.080, “* * * in that they…