Ex parte Haughton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application by William W. Haughton for the writ of habeas corpus, or other remedial process, to procure his discharge from confinement in the county jail of Mobile.
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Application by William W. Haughton for the writ of habeas corpus, or other remedial process, to procure his discharge from confinement in the county jail of Mobile. The petition, with the accompanying exhibits, showed that the petitioner was arrested, on the 1st December, 1862, under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, on the complaint of a woman who claimed to be his wife, and who alleged that he had abandoned her and his family, leaving them without an adequate support; that the justice, after hearing the evidence, ordered him to give bond, with sureties, for his good behavior, as…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
Sections 3794, 3795, 3796, 3797, and 3798 of the Code, pertain to the subject of vagrancy. They define the description of persons who are vagrants, authorize their arrest upon a justice’s warrant, and, upon a conviction before the justice, require that they should give bond for good behavior, or be imprisoned for ten days ; and further prescribe that, upon a second conviction, they shall be committed to jail for twenty days, and fed on bread and water. These sections contemplate proceedings which are final in their character, and not merely preliminary steps to a prosecution in the circuit…
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