Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Davis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Application of the State of Alabama, on the relation of its Attorney General, to review and revise the judgment of the said court rendered on the appeal of Ex parte Grady Williams, 18 Ala. App. 297, 91 South. 914. The plea of former jeopardy cannot be raised by writ of habeas corpus. 138 Ala.
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Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Application of the State of Alabama, on the relation of its Attorney General, to review and revise the judgment of the said court rendered on the appeal of Ex parte Grady Williams, 18 Ala. App. 297, 91 South. 914. The plea of former jeopardy cannot be raised by writ of habeas corpus. 138 Ala. GS, 35 South. 39; 21 Cyc. 305. Petitioner’s remedy was by appeal. 157 Ala. 1, 47 South. 1025; 140 Ala. 172, 37 South. 250; 112 Ala. 210, 21 South. 371. Counsel insists that the Supreme Court will not review the decision of the Court of Appeals in ^nding that petitioner had…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Petition for certiorari to review the ruling of the Court of Appeals in the case of Ex parte Grady Williams, 91 South. 914. 1 in the opening paragraph of the opinion of the Court of Appeals is the following :
“The petitioner, Grady Williams, appeals from the judgment of Hon. Walter B. Jones, judge of the circuit court of Montgomery county, refusing to grant his discharge, on his petition for habeas corpus heard by said judge. Counsel for the state and appellant present only one question for the consideration of this court, and that is whether the recorder of the city of Montgomery tried and…
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