Ex Parte Long

GRAVES, Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by relator who is confined in the prison system of this State, in which he alleges his confinement to be illegal mainly on account of what he contends are defects in the indictment upon which his conviction was heretofore predicated.

It appears from the record that appellant was convicted of the offense of swindling, in the district court of Hunt County, Texas, and upon a trial thereof was awarded a penalty of five years, and is now serving such term in the State Penitentiary.

The judgment and sentence of the trial court appear to…