Ex Parte Long

This proceeding is submitted upon the petition for the writ and the demurrer to the petition on behalf of respondent, the sheriff of Pawnee county.

It is averred in the petition that petitioner, Mattie Long, is unlawfully confined in the county jail of Pawnee county, by C. W. Scott, sheriff of said county, upon a commitment issued by the judge of the county court on a conviction of the offense of maintaining a liquor nuisance; that her confinement is illegal for the reason that said county court did not have jurisdiction of the person or of the subject-matter of tbe action at the time of her…