Cross v. Foote
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Habeas corpus; from city court of Milieu — Judge T. L. Hill. August 10, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. The writ of habeas corpus may be used as a means of freeing one from illegal custody (Kidd v. Brown, 136 Ga. 85, 87, 70 S. E. 881); but “habeas corpus can not be made a substitute for certiorari, bill of exceptions, or other similar remedial procedure, by which errors and irregularities in judgments or convictions are to be corrected. A conviction can be attacked by habeas corpus only when it is void. A judgment, though founded on no evidence, is not void where the defendant has actually or constructively had his day in court.” Davis v. Smith, 7 Ga. App. 192 (5), 195 (66 S. E. 401).
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