Ex parte McGlawn
Supreme Court of Alabama
ApplioatioN to this court for writ of habeas corpus, relief having been denied by Hon. Dan Goedon, Judge of Probate of Henry county. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
-The petitioner was arrested on two warrants of arrest, issued by a justice of the peace, each charging the crime of hog stealing. The complaints on which the warrants were issued are not in conformity with the statute. — Code of 1876, §§ 4648-9. The warrants of arrest and of commitment are substantially correct.- — Code, §§ 4651, 4682. The application to the primary court, renewed in this court, apparently claims the discharge of the prisoner, on the ground that the complaints before the justice of the peace did not authorize the issue of the warrants of arrest. It is no ground for discharge…
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