Hightower v. Hollis

This was a petition for habeas corpus, brought to secure the release of Hightower from, the chain-gang of Monroe county. The case was submitted to the judge of the superior court of the Flint circuit, upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts. The prayers of the petition were denied, and Hightower excepted. From the statement of facts it appears that Hightower was tried and convicted under an accusation brought in the city court of Barnesville, and was sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars or be confined in the chain-gang for nine months. He took the case by certiorari to the…