Ex parte Stacey

This is a special proceeding to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment of Bert Stacey. A writ of habeas corpus having been issued and directed to W. A. Storey, as Sheriff of Multnomah County, he, as a return thereto, cer*86tified that Stacey had been convicted in the circuit court of that county of the crime of robbery, and, having been sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of two years, was committed to his custody, to be taken to the place of incarceration, setting out a copy of the judgment in pursuance of which he held the prisoner, whom he also produced. The return…