Ex Parte Alton

This case originates in this court upon an application for writ of habeas corpus on the part of Martin Alton against the warden of the State Reformatory at Granite, to secure his discharge from custody.

It appears that said Martin Alton, a minor, on the 5th day of May, 1927, in the district court of Noble county, upon arraignment,, pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny of a Ford coupe, the property of S'. E. Meyers, and on the following day was by the judgment of said court sentenced to serve a term of five years in the State Reformatory at Granite.

It is averred that neither of the parents…