In Re Payne v. Smith

This is an original application before this court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that petitioner is imprisoned and deprived of Ms liberty in the Washington state penitentiary, at Walla Walla, by virtue of a judgment and sentence issued out of the superior court of the state of Washington for Snohomish county, on December 20, 1945, after a trial and verdict of guilty by a jury; that the court did not have jurisdiction of his person at the time of the trial and sentence; because the charge of manslaughter and abortion were presented to the court and jury upon an information, and not upon…