Rowland v. State of Arkansas

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken to reverse a judgment o-f the District court which dismissed appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant was “out on bond”, free of any actual restraint and not in custody of any person served with notice at the time he petitioned for habeas corpus and at the time of the trial upon his petition, and the court after full hearing reached and declared its conclusion that the writ was not available to -a person so situated. The reasons for decision and the statutes and precedents relied on by the court are fully set forth in its…