Riggs v. Sutton

The wife of Warren Riggs brought habeas corpus proceedings, seeking the discharge of her husband from the-custody of the sheriff. The trial court overruled a demurrer to the sheriff’s return to the writ, and rendered judgment of dismissal. Petitioner appeals.

From the petition and return to the writ, it appears that on December 8, 1923, in a prosecution for unlawfully keeping for sale intoxicating liquor, Riggs was found guilty and, on the overruling of his motion for a new trial, the following order was entered:

“It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the defendant,…