Ex parte Thaggard

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding wherein we have heretofore caused to be issued the writ requiring the Sheriff of Montgomery County to have the body of T. L. Thaggard before us so we may examine into the cause of his detention. This return was made to us April 23, 1963.

We confine this opinion strictly to whether Thaggard should be committed to await action of the next grand jury on a particular criminal charge. No civil matters are before us.

This question is further confined to (1) whether the Acting Recorder of the City of Montgomery had authority to hear and (2) whether, on that…