Ex parte Chandler
Supreme Court of Alabama
The proceedings in this case were certified to tliis court upon a motion made by the State of Alabama, through the Attorney-General, directed to the judge of probate of Calhdun county, commanding him to certify to this court, all the'proceedings had before him on a habeas corpus proceeding, in which the petitioner, Tom Chandler, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts as disclosed by the return to the writ of certiorari are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, J. —
Tom Chandler was indicted, tried, convicted of a felony, and sentenced by the city court of Anniston. From this judgment be appealed to this court, and pending the appeal, the probate judge of Calhoun county discharged him from custody on habeas corpus proceedings. His petition for the writ of habeas corpxts showed upon its face, with the exhibits, that the indictment was in regular form, that the trial was by a court of competent jurisdiction, the personal presence of the petitioner in court during the trial, the verdict of the jury, the sentence of the law, and the appeal to…
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- Ex parte SamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1874
- Ex parte HubbardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
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