Foster v. Buchannan

Petitioner, serving a sentence on a charge of forgery, is seeking to have this court hold that he is illegally confined in the Eddyville penitentiary. He proceeds in his proper person, but the record on which he submits his cause is neither proper in form nor sufficient in substance. The filing consists of a copy of a petition which he says was filed in the circuit court making application for a writ of habeas corpus. It fails to bear indorsement showing it was there filed. There is also an exhibit which evidences no filing except with the clerk of this court. There is no copy of a judgment…