Turney v. Barr

Seevers, C.

J. — The petition states that the defendant is warden of the penitentiary at Anamosa, and, as such, has custody of the plaintiff, who is restrained of his liberty, and that the cause and pretense of such restraint is certain judgments, rendered by the district court of Jackson county in certain criminal actions wherein the state of Iowa was plaintiff and the appellant was defendant, copies of which said judgments are made a part of the petition. The following is a copy of the proceedings of the court, and of one of said judgments, as the same appears of record:

“State of Iowa,…