In re Voight

Petitioner, convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life, in and by the superior court for Cowlitz county, on *141March 11, 1918, presents his petition in this court for a writ of habeas corpus, demanding to be discharged from imprisonment. It is alleged in his petition that the imprisonment, confinement and restraint are illegal, in that the superior court for Cowlitz county had no jurisdiction, right or power, by reason of the provisions of §2116, Rem. Comp. Stat. [P. C. §9169], to assess the punishment upon petitioner, because the statute cited provides that a…