State v. Shugart
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie order of tlie Judge of tlie City Court of Selma. Heard before tlie Hon. J. W. Mabry. Tliis was an appeal from tlie order of tlie judge of tlie city court of íáelma, discharging the appellee, C. M. Shugart, from custody ou habeas corpus proceedings. The petition for the habeas corpus was filed by said Shugart, who had been arrested on an affidavit made before a justice of the peace, and a warrant issued thereon.
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Appeal from tlie order of tlie Judge of tlie City Court of Selma. Heard before tlie Hon. J. W. Mabry. Tliis was an appeal from tlie order of tlie judge of tlie city court of íáelma, discharging the appellee, C. M. Shugart, from custody ou habeas corpus proceedings. The petition for the habeas corpus was filed by said Shugart, who had been arrested on an affidavit made before a justice of the peace, and a warrant issued thereon. In the affidavit the person making the complaint deposed and said, “that on or about the 22nd day of December, 1902, in said county and State, the offenses of being…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The present appeal is prosecuted from an order of the judge of the city court of Selma discharging the appellee on a writ of habeas corpus from custody. The petitioner, appellee here, was arrested on affidavit and warrant before a justice of the peace, and by the justice committed to jail. The offense described in the affidavit was that of “being concerned in setting up or carrying on a lottery, or a device of the like kind, or a gift enterprise, or a scheme in the nature of a lottery or gift enterprise.” The evidence is without conflict, and the same will be set ofit by the reporter in the…
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