Wall v. Quin

The appellant, Nin Wall, presented to the chancellor of the Fourth chancery court district a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, praying that he be discharged from the custody of certain officers of Pike county. After hearing the cause, the chancellor denied the relief sought and dismissed the petition, and from this decree, this appeal was prosecuted.

On the 18th day of March, 1927, the appellant was arrested by the chief of police of the city of McComb, Miss., on a warrant issued by a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa parish, La., directed to the sheriff of Tan-gipahoa parish, charging…