Brown v. Epps
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by John Brown, alleging that on the 25th day of January, 1895, he had been arraigned in the Police Court of the city of Bichín ond, charged with petit larceny, and, being put upon trial, was adjudged guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the jail of the city of Bichmond for a period of fifteen days.
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This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by John Brown, alleging that on the 25th day of January, 1895, he had been arraigned in the Police Court of the city of Bichín ond, charged with petit larceny, and, being put upon trial, was adjudged guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the jail of the city of Bichmond for a period of fifteen days. The petition charges “that the sentence of the court was contrary to the spirit of the Constitution of this Commonwealth, which, in Art. I., sec. 10, guarantees (to every man) a fair and impartial trial, in nil criminal cases, by a jury of…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.:
John Brown filed a petition cómplaning that he was unlawfully detained in custody by Charles PI. Epps, Sergeant of the city of Richmond, and praying for a writ of habeas corpus from this court, which was awarded.
The Sergeant answers that he holds Brown by virtue of a mittimus, from J. J. Crutchfield, Police Justice for the city of Richmond, which is appended to the return and made a part thereof.
Brown, by counsel, demurs to this return as insufficient in law, and for cause of demurrer claims that section 4106, Code of Virginia, 1887, as amended by the Act of the legislature, Acts…
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