Phillips v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

Appellant, who is incarcerated in the State Penitentiary at Lansing in Leavenworth county, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus against appellee, the warden of the penitentiary, in the district court of Reno county. Certain alleged faults are stated as to appellant’s conviction of perjury by the Reno county district court. Counsel was appointed by the court to aid appellant in this matter, and after due consideration of appellant’s petition, it was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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