Mann v. Lainson

Petitioner was indicted, tried and convicted in Polk District Court of violating section 708.8, Code of 1954. On September 25, 1957, after motion for a new trial had been overruled, he was sentenced to a term in the State Penitentiary as prescribed by said statute, where he is now being detained. No appeal was taken.

May 25, 1958, petitioner, appearing pro se, presented to the Honorable W. Logan Huiskamp, a Judge of the First Judicial District of Iowa, a petition for a "Writ of Habeas Corpus, therein alleging that the defendant, warden of said penitentiary, is illegally restraining him of his…