Murphey v. Lowry

Mrs. Mattie Murphey filed a petition against J. I. Lowry, sheriff of Pulton County, for the writ of habeas corpus. She alleged that on November 8, 1932, on accusation No. 116,781, a copy of which was attached to the petition as Exhibit A, she was sentenced in the criminal court of Atlanta to serve a period of three months, “to be computed in accordance with the act approved August 27, 1931,” and that she was also at the same time and in the same court' sentenced for a term of three months each on four other accusations numbered 116,782 to 116,785 repectively. The petition alleged that she…