Dowd, Warden v. Todd

— The appellee brought an action for writ of habeas corpus against the. Warden-.of the: In*234diana State Prison in the Superior Court of LaPorte County, claiming that the judgment under which he was committed was void, and that the Criminal Court Division Two of Marion County had no jurisdiction to enter the sentence which was imposed upon him. The LaPorte Circuit Court granted the writ of habeas corpus, from which judgment this appeal is taken by the Warden.

It appears from the record that the prisoner was tried and convicted on two counts, one for auto banditry, which carried a determinate…