In Re Lockhart

L. B. Lockhart, having been convicted of the crime of making a false report to the state superintendent of banks, applied to this court for his release on habeas corpus. The sheriff of Cascade county, to whom the writ was directed, made return that he holds the prisoner in his custody by virtue of a judgment of the district court sentencing him to a term of imprisonment, and a commitment from the court directing the delivery of the prisoner to the warden of the penitentiary. A copy of the indictment upon which the trial was had, a copy of the judgment, and a copy of the commitment are…