Barlow v. Young, Sheriff

WADE, Justice.

The petitioners and appellants herein were convicted of the crime of unlawful cohabitation, a felony, which convictions, upon appeal, were affirmed by this court. See State v. Barlow et al, 107 Utah 292, 153 P. 2d 647.

Petitioners upon issuance of the commitments, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court upon the ground that the sentences were void because the petitioners had not been accorded a. trial in conformity with the mandates of our constitution and statutes and therefore the court had no jurisdiction to impose the sentences. From a refusal to…