Williams v. City of Birmingham

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, petitioner below, takes this appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, denying petitioner’s release from custody on habeas corpus.

Petitioner was a prisoner of the City of Birmingham, by virtue of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County imposing a fine and sentencing petitioner to 180 days in jail. The fines were paid and the only question here concerns the jail sentence.

Petitioner served eight days of the sentence and was granted parole by the City of Birmingham on April 8, 1960. On Oct. 5, 1960, petitioner was…