State v. Prince

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The petitioner, Lewis Prince, was brought before this Court in its original jurisdiction on a writ of habeas corpus, issued upon his verified petition and the exhibits attached thereto, in which he alleges that he is unlawfully restrained in the custody of the sheriff of Greenville County.

At the September term of the Court of General Sessions for Greenville County, 1937, an indictment was presented to the grand jury, and a true bill returned thereon, charging the petitioner, Lewis Prince, and Francis Drake, Otis Jami-son, and…