In re Putnam

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of King county, denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petition for the writ was as follows:

“(1) That your petitioner is unlawfully imprisoned, detained, confined and restrained of his liberty by one Robert T. Hodge, sheriff of King county, Washington. That such restraint and detention is not by reason of any final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any order adjudging your petitioner to be in contempt of any court, officer or other tribunal.

“(£) That your petitioner is illegally and unlawfully…