State v. Garlington

The defendant, under an application for a writ of habeas corpus, was brought before this Court, when he applied to be discharged from confinement in the county jail of Richland County, upon the ground that he was illegally restrained of his liberty. 'Upon 'hearing this motion, the Court, in a short order, refused to grant his motion, saying that the reasons for such refusal would thereafter be given in writing, which we now propose to' do. It appears from the papers before us that, upon an affidavit of one J. Jerwitt, stating that the said Jim Garlington “did,' without cause or provocation,…