Legal Opinion
Boreing v. Beard
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 26, 1928PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Rees—
Affirming.
The appellant, John Boreing, has been confined in the state penitentiary since February 10, 1925. On August 15,1.928, he filed a petition in the Franklin circuit court in which H. M. Beard, warden, of the penitentiary, and the members of the state board of charities and corrections, were made defendants. The plaintiff asked for a mandatory injunction to require the defendants to release him from the penitentiary.
The petition alleged in substance that at the January, 1925, term of the Letcher circuit court he was tried under an indictment charging…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- State v. McCauslandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by20 opinions
- People v. La BarberaNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
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- State v. AikersUtah Supreme Court · 1935
- Carver v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
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