Reynolds v. Confederate States
Supreme Court of Alabama
Application by L. H. Hill, an officer in the provisional army of the Confederate States, and the enrolling officer of the district including the county of Montgomery, for writs "of prohibition, to be directed to the probate judge of said county, enjoining and restraining him from further proceedings in the matter of the petitions of Asa J. Willis, E. P. Johnson,, and Calvin Reynolds, respectively, for the writ of habeas corpus, by which said petitioners sought to obtain…
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Application by L. H. Hill, an officer in the provisional army of the Confederate States, and the enrolling officer of the district including the county of Montgomery, for writs "of prohibition, to be directed to the probate judge of said county, enjoining and restraining him from further proceedings in the matter of the petitions of Asa J. Willis, E. P. Johnson,, and Calvin Reynolds, respectively, for the writ of habeas corpus, by which said petitioners sought to obtain their discharge from the custody of said enrolling officer. The application was made on a regular motion day, during the…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
Three persons, who were taken and detained in custody under the conscript law by the enrolling officer, severally petitioned the probate judge for writs of habeas corpus, predicating their prayers for a discharge upon the ground of exemption from conscription on account of physical disability; and the writs were awarded by that officer. The enrolling officer, contending that the judicial tribunals of the State have no jurisdiction over the matter of his detention of those persons as conscripts, now applies to this court for writs of prohibition. Thus the duty devolves upon this court, of…
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