Ex Parte Davis

WOODLEY, Judge.

Relator, an inmate of the state penitentiary, filed his application for habeas corpus before Hon. Max M. Rogers, Judge of the 12th Judicial District of Texas. Judge Rogers heard the testimony and ordered the writ issued, returnable to this court.

Appellant’s confinement is' by virtue of a conviction in cause No. 16,437 in the district court of Jefferson County of the offense of robbery with firearms, he having been on October 8, 1946, sentenced to a term of 25 years in the penitentiary.

The judgment of conviction in said cause shows that relator appeared “in person and by…