Ex Parte Adams

Petitioner says he is illegally restrained of his liberty by the warden of the penitentiary on an illegal judgment of conviction, for forgery, from the district court of Stephens county; that the court of Stephens county was without jurisdiction of the offense charged, the venue being in another county.

The warden has made return upon the rule to show cause, showing that the petitioner is held by the warden by virtue and authority of a judgment and commitment from the district court of Marshall county, issued on September 30, 1919, and affirmed by this court, wherein it was ordered that the…