State ex rel. Jordan v. Bomar

Mr. Justtce Holmes

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from an order of .the Criminal Court of Davidson County dismissing without a hearing a petition, which is designated a petition for habeas corpus, which was filed by the plaintiff in error pro se in that Court. The order of the Trial Court states:

“The matters alleged therein are not such as can he determined by writ of habeas corpus and, therefore, said petition appears to be without any merit, either in law or fact, and is, consequently, dismissed.”

Court appointed counsel for the plaintiff in error has duly perfected an…