Wright v. Sheppard

The plaintiff in error brought habeas corpus against the sheriff of Crisp county, alleging the illegal detention of his minor son, who was eighteen years old. The sheriff justified his-custody by showing a conviction of the boy as a road defaulter before two of the county commissioners sitting as a road court under the Political Code, §581. Upon the hearing the judge sustained the legality of the sheriff’s custody. j,

1. In this State there are three distinct general systems for working public roads. Prior to 1891 there was but one general system, the old “stick and dirt” plan, as it is…