Tanner v. State

Petitioner, addressing himself to Hon'. Walter B. Jones, judge of the Fifteenth judicial circuit of'Albania, sought a writ of habeas corpus, directed to T. J. Shirley, warden of Kilby Prison, and alleged and shown to have petitioner in custody, to the end that said petitioner might be, upon proper hearing, granted his freedom. From the judgment denying the relief sought, and remanding him to the said custody of the said warden of Kilby Prison, petitioner prosecutes his appeal to this court. Acts of Ala. 1927, p. 76.

The facts essential to decision, taken from the record before us, are as…