Ex Parte Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
Joseph L. Taylor, who is presently confined in Kilby Prison, has filed in this court an instrument which is captioned “Petition for the Writ of Habeas Corpus.”
The writ of habeas corpus issues from this court only when necessary in the exercise of the “general superintendence and control of inferior jurisdictions” with which it is clothed by § 140 of the Alabama Constitution. Ex parte Chaney, 8 Ala. 424; Ex parte Croom, 19 Ala. 561. See Ex parte Winnagle, 269 Ala. 668, 115 So.2d 261.
There are no facts averred in thednstant petition which 'would warrant the issuance of the writ…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ex parte CroomSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
- Ex parte ChaneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
- Ex Parte WinnagleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
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