In Re Lamb

This is a habeas corpus proceeding wherein the petitioner seeks his discharge from imprisonment under a warrant of arrest issued on a complaint against him in the justice’s court. The complaint attempts to charge him with a violation of the- Corporate Securities Act. The ground of his application is that the pleading does not charge him with a public offense.

The pertinent provisions of the Corporate Securities Act (Stats. 1917, p. 673, amended 1919, p. 231, 1921, pp. 1008, 1114) are the following: Section 2 defines certain of the words and phrases used throughout the act. Subdivision 3 of…