In RE BUCKINGHAM v. Cranor

*117Olson, J.

Petitioner is held by respondent under a judgment and sentence valid and regular on its face. It was entered May 25, 1950, upon the verdict of a jury convicting petitioner of the crime of incest, by a court which had jurisdiction of the person of petitioner and of the subject matter of the offense charged.

These facts limit the scope of our inquiry in a habeas corpus proceeding. See In re Mason v. Cranor, 42 Wn. (2d) 610, 612 et seq., 257 P. (2d) 211 (1953), and cases cited. Apparently recognizing that limitation, petitioner pleads that certain rights guaranteed to him by the…