Ex Parte Medeiros

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus.

Petitioner, imprisoned by virtue of an information filed in the Second judicial district court charging him with the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, seeks his release from custody, alleging as ground therefor that the law making such possession a crime is unconstitutional. He contends that it violates section 17, article 4 of the state constitution, which reads: “Each law enacted by the legislature shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith, which subject shall be briefly…