Ex parte Veltri
West Virginia Supreme Court
Habeas corpus by Bill Veltri to secure discharge from detention in jail by John L. Dougan, Sheriff of Monongalia County.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President :
By habeas corpus petitioner seeks his discharge from imprisonment in the jail of Monongalia County upon a charge of murder, upon the ground that he is being illegally detained by respondent, the sheriff, for reasons hereinafter to be considered.
The return of the respondent, not controverted, is that he is holding petitioner under and by virtue of a warrant and *227mittimus issued on December 2, 1918, by "W. L. Boughner, a justice of said county, charging him with the murder of. one Tony Selario on the.day of December, 1917, and also by virtue of another commitment issued by the…
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