Ex parte Chalfant
West Virginia Supreme Court
Habeas corpus by C. E. Chalfant against C. D. Ball, sheriff, etc.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge:
Upon a writ of habeas corpus sued out of this court, petitioner seeks his discharge from custody and from further-prosecution upon nine of ten several indictments for felonies returned against him in October, 1913, in the circuit court of Mason County.
*94The record shows that on October 15, 1915, after his arrest upon said indictments, he appeared in said court, and the. cases being continued on his motion, he then entered into a recognizance with sureties for his appearance on the 8th day of February, 1916, a day of a regular term of said court to be then held. On that day he did…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. KeefeWyoming Supreme Court · 1908
- State v. KellisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Gillespie v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Crookham v. StateWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1871
- Dulin v. LillardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
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- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. ProsserNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Commonwealth v. HanleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- State ex rel. Smith v. DeBerryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1961
- State Ex Rel. Shorter v. HeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
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