Legal Opinion

Ex parte McInnis

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1910PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Petition for habeas corpus by D. C. McInnis. Prom a judgment denying same he appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. On this record we do not deem it necessary to enter upon an extended discussion of the. facts since there is no dispute about the facts and to all intents and purposes the question is before the court as though a demurrer had been sustained to the petition.

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Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Petition for habeas corpus by D. C. McInnis. Prom a judgment denying same he appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. On this record we do not deem it necessary to enter upon an extended discussion of the. facts since there is no dispute about the facts and to all intents and purposes the question is before the court as though a demurrer had been sustained to the petition. The petition was convicted in the circuit court of Simpson county for certain embezzlements committed by him during the year 1907…

1Opinion of the CourtMates, C. J.

This is a proceeding by habeas corpus, instituted by D. C. Mclnnis, and by it be seeks to be released from imprisonment in the county jail of Simpson county. The record is substantially as follows, viz.:

In May, 1908, Mr. Mclnnis was indicted in the above county on a charge of embezzlement. The indictment charged a violation of section 1141 of the Code of 1906. At the June term of the circuit court of Simpson county in 1909 Mr. Mclnnis was placed on trial under the indictment and convicted. On the 3d day of June, 1909, the court sentenced Mclnnis to the county jail for one year, and also…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Reid v. WalbridgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  2. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. PaulSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
  3. Nelden v. ClarkUtah Supreme Court · 1899
  4. State v. KirbyMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
  5. White v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1851

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Stockstill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
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  4. Ascher v. Edward Moyse & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Boyles v. Mississippi State Oil & Gas Bd.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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