Ex Parte Thornberry

The writ of habeas corpus is here invoked to effect the release of the petitioner from the penitentiary, where he is imprisoned under a two years' sentence rendered by the Circuit Court of Pettis County, following his plea of guilty to a felony, with the commission of which he was formally charged and arraigned in that court.

The return filed herein of the Warden of the Penitentiary, omitting the caption and his official signature, is as follows:

"For return to the writ of habeas corpus J.S. Crawford, Warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary, states that he has the said James Thornberry in his…