Balkcom v. Parris

Almand, Justice.

Virgil S. Parris, on February 24, 1959, filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in behalf of his wife, Mrs. Margaret S. Pams, against R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden of the Georgia State Prison. In his petition Parris alleged that his wife was being illegally restrained by the respondent by virtue of an order signed by the Honorable Ralph H. Pharr, Judge of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, revoking her sentence of probation in case No. 73792 of the Superior Court of Fulton County. Petitioner alleged that the order of revocation was null and void as being violative of his wife’s…