Goedert v. Jones

The relator filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court for Lancaster County against *784James M. Jones, warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary as «respondent, to obtain his release from the penitentiary. From an order denying the writ and dismissing the petition, the relator has appealed.

The relator alleged in his petition for a writ of habeas corpus that he was convicted of breaking out of and escaping. from the county jail of Dawson County, Ner braska, while he was being held under a charge of burglary. The relator further alleged that the offense upon which he…