Lee Lim v. Davis, Warden

Upon the petition of plaintiff a writ of habeas corpus was issued by order of the Chief Justice to R. E. Davis, warden of the state prison. The writ was made returnable before Hon. O. W. McConkie, one of the judges of the district court of Salt Lake county. Upon the hearing the writ was quashed. The case is now before us on appeal from the order quashing the writ. Plaintiff’s contention that the district court had no authority or jurisdiction to impose an indeterminate sentence upon him for the crime of murder in the second degree, that such sentence is illegal and void, and that the court is…