Hill v. Balkcom

Almand, Justice.

The judgment under review is one refusing to discharge the plaintiff in error after a hearing on his petition for writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, plaintiff asserted that he was being unlawfully and illegally restrained of his liberty by the respondent, the Warden of the Georgia State Penitentiary, in violation of his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States, and under (a) paragraph 2, Code (Ann.) § 2-102, (b) paragraph 3, Code (Ann.) § 2-103, and paragraph 5, Code (Ann.) § 2-105, of article 1, section 1 of the…