Compton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Habeas Corpus. Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. J. D. Compton filed petition to be discharged on babeas corpus. From an order denying the writ, and remanding the petitioner to the custody of the extradition agent of the state of Georgia, he appeals. Section 5228, Bey. St. U. S. provides for' a method that is summary in its effects, and must, therefore be strictly complied with. — Ex parte Morgan, 20 Fed.
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Habeas Corpus. Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. W. H. Thomas. J. D. Compton filed petition to be discharged on babeas corpus. From an order denying the writ, and remanding the petitioner to the custody of the extradition agent of the state of Georgia, he appeals. Section 5228, Bey. St. U. S. provides for' a method that is summary in its effects, and must, therefore be strictly complied with. — Ex parte Morgan, 20 Fed. Bep. 298; In re Mohr} 73 Ala. 502; Barrier v. The State, 142 Ala. 72. The last case cited above lays down the rule as to when a prima facie case is made out…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
Section 1821 of the Code of 1896 provides that “any public or private statutes, or the proceedings of any legislative body, purporting on the face of the book to be printed by authority of the government, or state, or territory, are evidence without further proof.”
The state introduced certain sections of the Code of the state of Georgia, as contained in a book, on the first page of which appeared the words: “The Code of the State of Georgia, adopted December 15th, 1895. Prepared by John L. Hopkins, Clifford Anderson, and Joseph R. Lamar. Yol. III. Atlanta, Georgia: The Foot & Davies Company,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Munsey v. CloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Ex parte StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Falls v. United States Savings, Loan & Building Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Barriere v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
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- Harrison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
- Rayburn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
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