Adams v. State

CARR, Judge.

Joe Virgil Adams and William Homer Brewer were arrested under a warrant issued by the Governor of the State of Alabama. They sued out separate writs of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, each seeking his discharge from the Jefferson County jail. The lower court denied the writs and dismissed the petitions. On appeal here, the two cases are consolidated.

To the sheriff’s return 'he attached copies of the warrants of arrest issued by the Honorable James E. Folsom, Governor of Alabama. These warrants, together with other documentary evidence, were…