State v. Bush
Alabama Court of Appeals
Habeas Corpus. Appeal from Houston Probate Court. Heard before Hon. A. C. Crawford. C. C. Bush brings babeas corpus for bis discharge, and, decree being entered discharging him, the State appeals.
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Habeas Corpus. Appeal from Houston Probate Court. Heard before Hon. A. C. Crawford. C. C. Bush brings babeas corpus for bis discharge, and, decree being entered discharging him, the State appeals. The charge was made before W. J. Baxley, a notary public and ex officia justice of the peace, the affidavit being that said Bush, within 12 months before the making of the affidavit, sold, offered for sale, kept for sale, or otherwise disposed of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors; also that he sold spirituous, vinuos, or malt liquors without license and contrary to law. The warrant followed the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The principle that no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property except by “the law of the land” is said to be more ancient than written constitutions, “and breathes so palpably of exact justice that it needs no formulation in the organic law.” It is but an expression of the fundamental principle that inspired civilized man to form a government, the ultimate purpose of which is to protect the individual in working out his destiny, and finds expression in our Constitution in these words: “That in all criminal prosecutions, the accused has a right to be heard by himself and counsel, or…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HumesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Ex parte DickensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Zeigler v. South & North Ala. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Spooney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Ex Parte MelofSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
- McCollum v. Birmingham Post Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- City of Birmingham v. Community Fire DistrictSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Houston County v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
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