State Ex Rel. Siehl v. Jorgenson

Appeal from an order of the court commissioner denying relator’s release in a habeas corpus proceeding and remanding him to the custody of respondent, the sheriff of Martin county. The facts are these:

Relator, on November 9, 1928, duly convicted of the crime of selling intoxicating liquor, was sentenced to confinement in the county jail of Martin county for a period of 80 days and to pay a fine of $250. The fine has been paid. He was committed on the day of his sentence to the county jail. While so confined and on November 2, 1928, he was duly adjudged insane and committed to the state…