Goforth v. State Ex Rel. Goforth

James H. Goforth, defendant below, filed a written motion to quash the writ of habeas corpus issued in the case upon the grounds (1) that the petition shows on its face that the petitioner and defendant are residents of Se-quatchie County, Tennessee, within the jurisdiction of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, and that the children whose custody is sought were at the home of defendant in the village of Cartwright, Sequatchie County, at the time of the filing of the petition and issuance of the writ and the Circuit Court of Hamilton County is, therefore, without jurisdiction; (2j that the writ…