Hutton v. State Ex Rel. Moore

This is a habeas corpus proceeding by which the relator asks that he be discharged from the county workhouse. ’ The trial court ordered his release, and the keeper of the workhouse has appealed.

Relator was convicted in the Criminal Court of Davidson County on June 25, 1938, for the offense of assault with intent to commit a felony, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $125 and a workhouse sentence of nine months. Relator did not ask for a new trial, but began serving his term of imprisonment immediately, which he completed on March 25, 1939. He remained in the workhouse thirty-five days…