Ex parte White
Supreme Court of Alabama
Prom: the Probate Court of Hale. This was an application for the writ of habeas corpus, originally addressed to, and heard by, the Hon. James M. Hobson, Judge of the Probate Court of Hale county.
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Prom: the Probate Court of Hale. This was an application for the writ of habeas corpus, originally addressed to, and heard by, the Hon. James M. Hobson, Judge of the Probate Court of Hale county. The bill of exceptions recites that on the hearing of the application by said probate judge, the evidence showed, “ that there was ao order or proceedings on the records of the Court of County Commissioners of said county of Hale, or in the probate office of said county, of the establishment by said Court of County Commissioners of any system of hard labor for said county for the year 1887, and no…
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
— The petitioner was convicted, on January 26th, 1887, of playing at cards in a public place, which is an offense not involving moral turpitude, and on the same day was sentenced to hard labor for the county.
The order of the Commissioners’ Court of Hale county, authorizing him and others to be hired to persons out of the county, and under the authority of which the petitioner is held in custody, bears date December 6th, 1886, having been made and reduced to writing on that day.
1. It is first urged that this order was void and of no effect because it was never entered upon the final records of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex parte CrewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Haralson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898