Ex Parte Parnell

The nominal petitioner in this case, Betty Parnell, the mother of Jack Parnell, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, charges that Jack Parnell, defendant, is illegally restrained of his liberty in the state penitentiary at Granite, pursuant to a commitment issued on a void judgment and conviction for the crime of larceny, rendered in the district court of Comanche county on the 17th day of February, 1921, in which the defendant was sentenced to the state penitentiary at Granite for a term of two years.

The petitioner urges that said judgment is void and of no legal effect for the reason…