Smith v. McLendon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Attachment. Contempt. Executions. Bankrupt. Attorney and client. Constitutional law. Before Judge Orare. Webster County. At Chambers. May IS, 1877. ' Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
Judge Clark, sitting at chambers, in Americus, Sumter county, heard a writ of habeas corpus and the return thereto, the object of the proceeding being to free from imprisonment in the jail of Webster county, an attorney at law, who was in custody under an attachment founded upon a rule absolute granted by Webster superior court. Discharge under the writ was denied, and the prisoner was remanded. This is assigned as error.
From the record, it appears that the proceedings prior to application for the writ of habeas corpus, were as follows: At March term, 1873, of Webster superior…
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