Ex parte Garrison
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Judge:
Geoi’ge 1. Garrison presented bis petition to this Court stating, in effect, tbat on tlie 27tli May, 1892, in tbe Circuit Court of Obio county, be was by a jury found guilty of iuvol-untary manslaughter upon an indictment charging him with tbe murder of George Baird, and sentenced to imprisonment for seven months in jail, and to pay afine of two hundred and fifty dollars; and that said judgment is utterly and absolutely without authority of law, either statute or common, there being no penalty for involuntary manslaughter; and praying the court to award him a writ of habeas…
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