Hawk v. Olson

This habeas corpus proceeding was instituted in the district court for Lancaster county by the petitioner, Henry Hawk, against Neil Olson, warden of the Nebraska state penitentiary, as respondent, to obtain the petitioner’s release. From an order denying the writ the petitioner has appealed to this court.

The petitioner’s petition discloses that a complaint was filed ag-ainst him in the municipal court of the city of Omaha containing two counts charging him with first degree murder. Preliminary hearing thereon was had on February 11, 1936, and on the same day he was bound over to the district…