Ex parte Brown

Upon a showing deemed sufficient to invoke the original jurisdiction of this court, a writ of habeas corpus directed to the sheriff of Minnehaha county was issued, and the question presented for review on the obedient return of that officer is whether the statute authorizes the process under which the petitioner is detained.

Omitting formal requisites of the complaint sworn to by the food and dairy commissioner before a justice of the peace by whose warrant the petitioner was' apprehended, the 'supposed public offense is described as follows: “That on the 2d day of December, A. D. iqoy, at the…