Gordon v. Lewis

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court ordering the appellee released from custody of respondent, as sheriff, on writ of habeas corpus. The writ was granted by the circuit judge apparently upon the ground that the criminal court of record, whose proceedings were brought before the circuit court for review, should have honored a defense of former jeopardy and dismissed criminal proceedings against the appellee.

Appellant contends that there was no double jeopardy established by appellee in the criminal court of record, and that in any event the remedy of habeas corpus should not…