In Re Morgan

This is an application by Jasper Morgan to this court for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to the sheriff of Carter county, in whose custody the petitioner is held under a sentence pronounced against him by Ben F. Coe, a justice of the peace at Wilson,.in said county, wherein he was sentenced to be confined in the county jail for 30 days, and to pay a fine of $10 and $47 costs. Attached to and made a part of the petition are copies of the complaint, affidavit for change of venue, and commitment against him.

It is averred in the petition that his detention “is illegal, in this, that on the…