Cummings v. Lainson

Plaintiff, an inmate of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging he is being illegally restrained of his liberty by the defendant; Lainson, warden of that institution. The writ was denied and plaintiff appeals and here argues that the judgment under which he was committed to the penitentiary for life was void because (1) the sentencing court did not have jurisdiction to commit plaintiff to the penitentiary at Fort Madison, and (2) all proceedings in connection therewith failed to grant unto him his constitutional rights, both of the State…