Ex Parte Williams

The appellant sought his discharge under a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court of Upshur County. He alleges in his application for a writ of habeas corpus that he is held by the sheriff of Upshur County by virtue of a capias pro fine issued by the County Clerk of Upshur County in cause No. 4943, in which cause appellant was convicted of possessing intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale in a dry area and where conviction was had and sentence fixed at confinement in the county jail for 90 days. He alleges that the judgment of conviction occurred on the 10th day of November, 1942,…