Ex Parte Bradley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Badger & Iredell applied to the Chief Justice for a Ha-beas Corpus in behalf of William Bradley, a prisoner confined in the jail of Anson county, upon affidavits staling the facts which are set forth in the opinion delivered by his Hon- or in answer to the application.
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
At the last Term of Anson Superior Court, William Bradley was convicted of an assault and battery, and was sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar, and 11 to be imprisoned in the public jail of Anson county for twelve months, and thereafter until the said fine and costs should be paid.” He was committed to the.custody of the sheriff of the county, and has been kept a close prisoner ever since, but has recently tendered to the sheriff a bond with sureties to keep within the rules of the prison, (which have been laid off by the County Court, and contain six acres,) and demanded of the sheriff to…
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