Rode v. Baird, Sheriff

On March 24, 1924, appellant petitioned the Clark Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus whereby he sought his release from the custody of appellee Baird, sheriff of Clark county. The sheriff’s motion to quash the writ was by the court overruled, whereupon the sheriff filed a return to which the petitioner lodged exceptions. Thereupon, the trial court of its own motion set aside its former ruling overruling the separate motion of appellee Baird to quash the writ and, over appellant’s objections ^and exceptions,. sustained the motion and quashed the writ and entered judgment remanding…