The power and authority to issue writs of habeas corpus shall be and reside in:
a. The superior court and each judge thereof.
b. Each county judge, who shall have concurrent jurisdiction in his county with the judges of the superior court to grant such writ in all criminal cases where a person may be confined in prison or detained in custody, and to hear and determine the same in like manner as though the application had been made before a judge of the superior court.