Penny v. Horton

Jenkins, Presiding Justice.

On February 26, 1944, Jesse Penny brought

a habeas-corpus proceeding in the superior court against the sheriff. He alleged that he was being illegally detained in the common jail, under the pretense of having been convicted at the October term, 1943, of the'offense of vagrancy, although “no sentence was imposed upon him either--written or oral;” that he was directed by the court to procure employment, and was at that time permitted to leave the courtroom without bond; that he had procured employment as directed, and had worked continuously except when physically…