Salisbury v. Grimes

Almand, Presiding Justice.

Henry Cook Salisbury, appellant, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking his release from the custody of T. Ralph Grimes, Sheriff of Fulton County. Appellant’s detention is by virtue of a conviction and sentence of thirteen years rendered during the November term, 1966, of the Fulton Superior Court. Appellant’s amended petition for habeas corpus was based upon two grounds: First, that “the grand jury that returned the indictment against the petitioner was drawn from a grand jury box illegally made up because of the action of the Jury Commissioners of the…