Ex Parte Parker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Application for writ of habeas corpus by Lewis W. Parker in original jurisdiction of this Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
A committee appointed by the General Assembly to investigate the Dispensary asked Lewis W. Parker, a witness testifying before it, a question which he refused to answer, whereupon the committee held him to be in contempt, and ordered its marshal to hold him in custody until he would answer.' The witness Parker then sought by habeas corpus proceedings to be released by this Court from the custody of the marshal of the committee. Upon the hearing of the return an order was made adjudging the confinement of the petitioner to be lawful…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kilbourn v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Anderson v. DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- In Re ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- People, Ex Rel. McDonald v. . KeelerNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
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- Ex parte DaughertyDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1924
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