Wiggins v. Tyson

Martha Wiggins petitioned the judge of the superior court for the writ of habeas corpus, alleging that P. H. Wiggins, her son, was wrongfully and unlawfully detained in one of the divisions of the Georgia penitentiary, located in Wilcox'county. The writ was issued and a hearing had. It appears from the answer ■of the warden having charge of the prisoner, as a justification of the detention, that Wiggins, at the September term, 1899, of the superior court of Putnam comity, was indicted and tried for the offense of murder, that he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to…