Lowe v. Taylor

Gilbert, Justice.

Stillman Lowe, on behalf of Tula Mae Lowe, obtained from the Judge of the Southwestern Circuit a writ of habeas corpus directed to W. E. Taylor, sheriff and jailor of Bandolph County, the Judgte of the Superior Court of Bandolph County being at the time absent from his circuit. The writ was later made returnable before the latter for a hearing on February 9, 1935. The facts which appear from the record and are not disputed show that on December 29, 1934, Stillman Lowe was arrested on a suspicion of haying killed Hillman Lowe, and that on the same day Tula Mae Lowe was taken…