Ex parte Goucher

On the 27th of March, 1894, the petitioner was ’ tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree ; and sentenced to hai’d labor for the county for twelve months. Whether the sentence was authorized by the verdict of the jury, we will not now consider.

On the 16th of April following, the petitioner applied to the judge of the circuit court for the writ of habeas corpus which was denied. The grounds of the refusal of the writ of habeas corpus, as shown by the judgment thereon, are that petitioner applied for and obtained an order, at the time of his conviction, granting him thirty days…