White v. Grimes

Almand, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus case. Jack White in his petition for the writ alleged that he was being illegally detained by Ralph Grimes, Sheriff of Fulton County. After a hearing he was remanded to the custody of the respondent.

The petition for the writ and the evidence, oral and documentary, produced by the petitioner show: On October 15, 1943, under a three-count indictment charging him with burglary, on his plea of guilty, he was sentenced to serve a minimum of six years. On the same day he pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with the larceny of an automobile, and…