Ex Parte M.J. Wade
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Original petition lor habeas corpus by M. J. Wade. On the 20th of February, 1909, M. J. Wade (hereinafter called defendant) filed in this court the following petition for a writ of habeas corpus-. “Your petitioner, ,M. J. Wade, a resident and citizen of Wagoner county, Okla., respectfully represents to this honorable court: That sbe is restrained of her liberty and is unlawfully imprisoned in the county jail of Wagoner county, Okla., by Luther Opry, sheriff of Wagoner…
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Original petition lor habeas corpus by M. J. Wade. On the 20th of February, 1909, M. J. Wade (hereinafter called defendant) filed in this court the following petition for a writ of habeas corpus-. “Your petitioner, ,M. J. Wade, a resident and citizen of Wagoner county, Okla., respectfully represents to this honorable court: That sbe is restrained of her liberty and is unlawfully imprisoned in the county jail of Wagoner county, Okla., by Luther Opry, sheriff of Wagoner county, Okla. That the cause of her restraint, according to the best knowledge and belief of your petitioner, is as follows:…
1Opinion of the Court
FURMAN, .Presiding Judge,
(after stating the facts as above). First. Counsel for the defendant calls in question the constitutionality of the act of the Legislature of 1907-08, which empowers and authorizes the grand juries to investigate all felonies and misdemeanors committed in their respective jurisdictions, and which directs the judge of the district court to transfer misdemeanor indictments, so presented, to the court having jurisdiction to try the offenses named therein, which is as follows:
“Section 1. The grand jury of each conntv in the state is hereby'- empowered and authorizéd to…
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