Legal Opinion
Harwood v. State Ex Rel. Pillars
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1947PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
The defendant in error petitioned the Circuit Court of Davidson County for the writ of habeas corpus, complaining that she was being unlawfully restrained of her liberty by John M. Harwood, Warden of the State Penitentiary. The substance of the petition is that the said Ruby Earline Pillars was brought before the Juvenile Court at Nashville upon a felony charge; that she was adjudged guilty and sentenced to a reformatory for girls; that later she was ordered confined in the state penitentiary at Nashville by order of W. 0. Baird, Commissioner of Institutions, on the ground that she was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- SheehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- People ex rel. Martin v. MallaryIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- State ex rel. Kelly v. WolferSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Glazier v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Childress v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Monroe v. SolizWashington Supreme Court · 1997
- White v. ReidDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1954
- Boone Ex Rel. Ferry v. DanforthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- Shone v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- State ex rel. Hyatt v. BomarTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
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