Ex Parte Wood

On March 28, 1916, S. G. Wood filed in this court his petition, wherein he alleged that he was illegally restrained of his liberty by Buck Garrett, sheriff of Carter county, and in which he prayed for a writ of habeas corpus to be directed to said sheriff. On the presentation of the petition, the writ was issued and made returnable on April 4th thereafter'. No return thereto has ever been made.

Section 4889, Rev. Laws 1910, requires that the sheriff or other person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed shall make immediate return thereof, and that if such officer neglect or refuse to…