Ex parte Allen

— The grounds whereon the petitioner relies for his discharge from the custody of the warden of *535the penitentiary is that the proceedings had in the criminal court in Lafayette county, which resulted in his conviction, sentence and consequent incarceration, are without warrant of law, and therefore void. This claim has for its basis that the act of May 19th, 1877, (Sess. Acts of that year, p. 217,) is only applicable to circuit courts, eo nomwr, and not to those possessing merely jurisdiction for the punishment of crimes, as in the case at bar. Section 29, article 6, of the present…