Williams v. Mount

Wyatt, Justice.

The exception is to a judgment refusing to discharge the applicant, Merle Williams, on his petition for the wrij; of habeas corpus. At the time of the application he was being held in custody by J. M. Mount, sheriff of Fulton County, “ under some request from the State of New Hampshire, or a rendition warrant of the Governor of Georgia, alleging and stating that said Williams is a fugitive from justice from said State of New Hampshire.”

Merle Williams testified in substance that on November 15, 1934, he was sentenced by the courts of New Hampshire to serve a term of one to two…