Ex parte Thompson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Certiorari to Sebastian Chancery Court; J. Virgil Bourland, Chancellor; statement by the court. On the 6th of February, 1908, James P. Barry filed an affidavit before John Danner, a justice of the peace of Upper Township, Sebastian County, alleging that Clint Thompson had, on the 5th of February, committed the crime of disturbing the peace. ,A warrant for his arrest was issued to the constable of the township, and he was arrested, and his trial 'set for February 7th.
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Certiorari to Sebastian Chancery Court; J. Virgil Bourland, Chancellor; statement by the court. On the 6th of February, 1908, James P. Barry filed an affidavit before John Danner, a justice of the peace of Upper Township, Sebastian County, alleging that Clint Thompson had, on the 5th of February, committed the crime of disturbing the peace. ,A warrant for his arrest was issued to the constable of the township, and he was arrested, and his trial 'set for February 7th. On the 7th the case was tried before the justice on a plea of not guilty, and a plea to the jurisdiction of the court, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) Petitioner seeks through a writ of certiorari to reverse a decision of a chancellor denying him the writ of habeas corpus. A judgment of a justice of the peace of Upper Township of Sebastian County was sought to be declared void upon the ground that the justice had found petitioner guilty of a crime committed without his jurisdiction. It appears from the finding of fact inserted by the justice in his judgment and in the agreed statement of fact made by counsel on the trial before the chancellor that the jurisdiction of the justice over the place where…
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