State Ex Rel. Varner v. Janco

Kessel, Judge:

In this habeas corpus proceeding instituted in this Court pursuant to its original jurisdiction, Charles R. Varner, the relator, seeks to compel the respondent, Joseph C. Janco, Sheriff of Monongalia County, to release him from custody. The writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum was granted by this Court on October 1, 1971, returnable on October 12, 1971, and the relator was released from custody upon his own recognizance in the amount of $100. The case was continued from time to time until September 6, 1972, when the case was submitted for decision upon the petition, the answer…