Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General
Supreme Court of Alabama
Original Petition in the Supreme Court. Petition by the state on tlie relation of tlie Attorney-General for a writ of prohibition to restrain tlie Hon. S. L. Weaver, one of the judges of the Jefferson criminal court, from hearing and determining habeas corpus proceedings sued out by one' convicted in another court, and committed to tlie Jefferson county jail for safe keeping, after conviction and sentence.
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Original Petition in the Supreme Court. Petition by the state on tlie relation of tlie Attorney-General for a writ of prohibition to restrain tlie Hon. S. L. Weaver, one of the judges of the Jefferson criminal court, from hearing and determining habeas corpus proceedings sued out by one' convicted in another court, and committed to tlie Jefferson county jail for safe keeping, after conviction and sentence. John Williams was convicted in the circuit court of Cullman county of murder, and sentenced to be hanged. He appealed to this court, and pending said appeal sentence was suspended, and he…
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, G. J.
The petition in this case is for a writ of prohibition, and was exhibited to Hon. B. I). Weakley, the then Chief Justice of this court, in vacation, who.issued a rule nisi returnable to this term of this court. In obedience to the rule issued, the judge to whom it was directed answered, admitting all the material averments of the petition, but denied that his acts as judge constituted a usurpation of jurisdiction or power,, or that the power conferred upon him by law was abused, or that, his jurisdiction had been exceeded in any particular. This matter of controversy arises over…
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