State v. Stillson

Relator was condemned to pay a fine of $2, and in default of the payment of the fine to be imprisoned two days in the parish jail, in accordance with section 119 of Act No. 191 of 1912, organizing the state militia.

He asks that a writ of habeas corpus issue out of this court directed to the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, ordering him to produce the body of relator, together with the warrant of commitment, for his detention; that the legality, validity, and regularity of the commitment may be inquired into; and that he be discharged from the custody of the sheriff.

Relator makes…