Ex parte King
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. T. M. Arrington: The petitioner in this case was arrestéd under the act “For the protection of landlords, proprietors and keepers of hotels and boarding-houses,” as found.on page 1089,-of Acts 1892-93; and on default of bail was remanded to j ail. Thereupon he sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the judge of the city court, seeking his discharge.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. T. M. Arrington: The petitioner in this case was arrestéd under the act “For the protection of landlords, proprietors and keepers of hotels and boarding-houses,” as found.on page 1089,-of Acts 1892-93; and on default of bail was remanded to j ail. Thereupon he sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the judge of the city court, seeking his discharge. The facts as disclosed on the hearing of the cause are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The judge of the city court refused to-discharge the petitioner and remanded him to…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The petitioner put up at a hotel in Montgomery, and haying no baggage, and being interrogated by the proprietor before going to his room, stated that he was a member of the Wells-Fargo Detective Agency, and thereupon the proprietor allowed him to board and lodge in the hotel. The defendant asked the proprietor — being examined as a witness for the State— if the fact of defendant saying he belonged to said detective agency was the cause of his letting the defendant have board and lodging; and the witness stated it was. He also testified, that defendant owed three dollars for board and lodging,…
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