Ex Parte Stearns

OPINION

By the Court,

Eather, J.:

Petitioner has been indicted by the grand jury of Clark County, Nevada, for having fraudulently voted in the general election held November 5, 1946. He was committed and later released on bail. He sought a writ of habeas corpus in the Eighth judicial district court, but the writ was denied. Thereupon petitioner submitted himself to the sheriff of Ormsby County and, upon being detained and imprisoned, he filed this original habeas corpus proceeding. He has been released on bond fixed by this court.

Answering the writ of habeas corpus issued by this court on…