State v. Morgan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Lon Morgan was charged with enticing away a servant, and on arrest sued out a writ of habeas corpus against G. W. Long, sheriff. From a judgment discharging relator, the sheriff appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Lon Morgan was charged with enticing away a servant, and on arrest sued out a writ of habeas corpus against G. W. Long, sheriff. From a judgment discharging relator, the sheriff appeals. A justice of the peace of Webster county issued a warrant directed to any officer of Lee county for the arrest of appellee, which- warrant commanded the officer to bring the appellee before said justice of the peace on a charge of willfully and unlawfully enticing away one Shafer, a minor, who had contracted with one Gibson for a…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The guilt or innocence of the relator is not material in this proceeding, and should not have been inquired into by the court below; that question being for the determination of the justice of the peace before whom the writ upon which the relator was arrested is returnable.
Reversed and remanded.
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