Morris v. Waldrop

Appellant filed her petition in the chancery court of Marion county against the appellee, the sheriff of that county, for a writ of habeas corpus for her release from the custody of the sheriff. There was a trial on the petition, answer thereto, and proof, resulting in a decree dismissing the petition. Prom that decree appellant prosecutes this appeal.

At the December, 1927, term of the circuit court of Marion county, appellant was indicted of the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, to which charge appellant pleaded guilty and was by the court sentenced to pay a fine of…