Stevens v. Anderson

— By the judgment of the police court of the city of Indianapolis, the appellant was convicted of the crime of petit larceny, was fined $25.00, and sentenced to the Marion County workhouse for thirty days. Thereupon he began this action by filing in the Marion Superior Court his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the judge of the police court had no authority to try him for the offense charged, or to fine or commit him therefor.

The court, on hearing the evidence, found that the appellant was lawfully in custody of the appellee, as *305superintendent of the workhouse, and remanded…