Summers v. State

SIMPSON, Judge.

This appellant, after having served the minimum term of an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment in the State penitentiary, sought a writ of habeas corpus before Honorable Walter B. Jones, as Presiding Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama.

Upon due hearing, the writ was discharged and petitioner (appellant here) was remanded to custody of the convict authorities. The instant appeal is from this adverse order denying release from imprisonment.

The. gravamen of appellant’s petition was, and his contention here is, that he has served his full sentence, has heretofore…