Lacey v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Virginia
On a writ of habeas corpus directed to William H. Palmer, sheriff and ex officio jailer of Alexandria county. The petitioner was arrested on a warrant issued by a justice of the peace of Alexandria county, on March 31, 1896, charging that the petitioner “ on the 31st day of March, 1896, and on divers other days and times within twelve months last past, in the said county, did unlawfully, by various ways, means, and devices, make bets and wagers, and receive and record and…
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On a writ of habeas corpus directed to William H. Palmer, sheriff and ex officio jailer of Alexandria county. The petitioner was arrested on a warrant issued by a justice of the peace of Alexandria county, on March 31, 1896, charging that the petitioner “ on the 31st day of March, 1896, and on divers other days and times within twelve months last past, in the said county, did unlawfully, by various ways, means, and devices, make bets and wagers, and receive and record and register and forward and purport and pretend to forward money, things, and considerations of value to be bet and wagered…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus addressed to this court by Richard M. Lacey, who alleges that he is detained without lawful authority and deprived of his liberty by one William H. Palmer, sheriff, and ex officio jailer, of the county of Alexandria.
It seems that he was committed to the custody of the sheriff by virtue of a warrant dated the 31st of March, 1896, charged with violating an act of the Legislature, approved February 29, 1896 (Acts 1895-6, ch. 539, p. 576), which declares it to be “ unlawful for any person or persons, or…
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