Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Anderson v. Callahan

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 12, 1922No. 16802PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Application filed in the supreme court September 26, 1921, for a writ of habeas corpus to release a person held in custody upon a charge of murder.

1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.

— This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The relator is restrained of his liberty in the county jail of Whatcom county, pursuant to a warrant of arrest based upon information charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed July 28,1921. He has been in custody in jail since that date.

A demurrer to the information was filed by him, and submitted to the trial court on August 18, 1921, and a decision rendered thereon August 26, the order on which was as follows:

“On this 26th day of August, 1921, this cause came regularly on for…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. MillerWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  2. In re NewcombWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  3. State v. BodeckarWashington Supreme Court · 1895
  4. State v. NewkirkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
  5. In re ParentWashington Supreme Court · 1920

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pietch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
  2. Pines v. District CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
  3. In re MillerWashington Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Chelf v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Dawson v. LanhamHawaii Supreme Court · 1971

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